The response to President Donald Trump's decision on Thursday to pull out of the Paris climate agreement played out on social media as the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and French President Emmanuel Macron posted separate videos on Twitter signaling their dismay with the decision, The Hill reported Friday.
The Trump administration first posted a video on Twitter Thursday explaining reasons for the move, stating, "The Paris Accord is a bad deal for Americans, and @POTUS' action today is keeping his promise to put American workers first."
The video explained a list of talking points of the pact's negative impact on the U.S. economy and stated former President Barack Obama entered into the 2015 agreement committing $3 billion without seeking approval from Congress.
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On Friday, the French Ministry posted a video on Twitter consisting of the White House talking points video, but with new notations penciled in red.
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The White House version, for instance, said, "U.S. economy would lose 6.5 million industrial sector jobs, including 3.1 million manufacturing sector jobs by 2040."
The French government version added, "Many major U.S. companies from all sectors, such as Exxon Mobile, Schneider Electric or Microsoft, disagree."
The French version changed the wording of the original White House video that explained the agreement had been "badly negotiated" by Obama, instead saying it had been "comprehensively negotiated."
Macron posted a video on Twitter on Friday where he alluded to Trump's slogan of "Make America great again" in a brief statement that said. "We will succeed because we are fully committed. Because wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility. Make our planet great again."
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