>>> TO FULFILL MY SOLEMN DUTY TO PROTECT AMERICA AND ITS
CITIZENS, THE UNITED STATES WILL WITHDRAW FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE
ACCORD.
[ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> ONCE AGAIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP
SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO FULFILL A SOLEMN DUTY TO RUSSIA.
THE TWO BIGGEST BENEFICIARIES OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTION TODAY
ARE RUSSIA AND THE VERY FIRST FOREIGN COUNTRY THAT HE VISITED,
SAUDI ARABIA. BOTH OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE
OIL-DEPENDENT ECONOMIES. THEY ARE BOTH NOW STRUGGLING TO
FIND WAYS TOGETHER TO MAINTAIN THE PRICE OF OIL AT A HIGH
ENOUGH LEVEL TO SUSTAIN THEIR ECONOMIES.
THERE IS REALLY ONLY ONE WAY TO DO THAT THAT WORKS.
THE BAD WAY TO DO IT IS TO TRY TO RESTRICT THE SUPPLY OF OIL,
THEREBY DRIVING UP THE PRICE. BUT THAT'S MUCH HARDER TO DO
THAN PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY TRY TO START IT, AS OPEC HAS
DISCOVERED MANY, MANY TIMES. THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, THE VERY
BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO INCREASE DEMAND FOR OIL AND TO DRIVE UP
THE PRICE BY INCREASED DEMAND. THAT IS CLASSICAL ECONOMICS.
THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD IS DESIGNED TO DECREASE DEMAND FOR
OIL. HERE IS WHAT THE LEADER OF THE
FREE WORLD SAID TONIGHT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES DROPPING OUT
OF THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD. >> TONIGHT I WISH TO TELL THE
UNITED STATES FRANCE BELIEVES IN YOU.
THE WORLD BELIEVES IN YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A GREAT
NATION. I KNOW YOUR HISTORY, OUR COMMON
HISTORY. FRANCE WILL NOT GIVE UP THE
FIGHT. I REAFFIRM CLEARLY THAT THE
PARIS AGREEMENT REMAINS IRREVERSIBLE AND WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED. NOT JUST BY FRANCE, BY ALL THE
OTHER NATIONS. WE WILL SUCCEED.
BECAUSE WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED. BECAUSE WHEREVER WE LIVE,
WHEREVER WE ARE, WE ALL SHARE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY.
MAKE OUR PLANET GREAT AGAIN. >> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY DAN
RATHER, A FORMER ANCHOR OF CBS EVENING NEWS AND CURRENTLY THE
HOST OF AXS TV'S "THE BIG INTERVIEW."
DAN, CONSIDERING ALL THE PRESIDENTS YOU HAVE COVERED, ALL
OF WHOM HAVE CARRIED THE LABEL WITH THEM AROUND THE WORLD AS
LEAD OTHER TELEPHONE FREE WORLD, TO SEE THIS TONIGHT, TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT PULL THE UNITED STATES OUT OF A WORLDWIDE AGREEMENT, TO
SEE THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE THEN STEP UP, SPECIFICALLY SPEAK IN
ENGLISH TO ADDRESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH A
LEADERSHIP TONE ON HIS PART ABOUT WHERE OUR FUTURE LIES IN
CLIMATE AND OTHER THINGS. JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT.
>> WELL, IT'S MOMENTOUS MOMENT, AND A VERY OMINOUS MOMENT.
BECAUSE DEPENDING HOW FAR PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN GO AND HOW
EFFECTIVE HE MAY BE THE REST OF THE WAY, THIS CAN MAKE THE
UNITED STATES SECOND TIER IN TERMS OF WORLD LEADERSHIP, AT
LEAST ON THIS SUBJECT. AND BY THE WAY, I TOTALLY AGREE
THAT RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE THE BIG WINNERS HERE, BUT ALSO
CHINA IS A BIG WINNER BECAUSE THE CHINESE ARE -- THEY SEEK TO
SPREAD THEIR INFLUENCE, PARTICULARLY IN WESTERN EUROPE,
DO BUSINESS THERE. THE CHINESE ARE BIG WINNERS.
STEVE BANNON IS A BIG WINNER. STEVE BANNON IS BACK BIG-TIME IN
THE WHITE HOUSE. IN THE SHOWDOWN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE BETWEEN THE GLOBALISTS AND THE NATIONALISTS, STEVE BANNON
AND THE NATIONALISTS WON. BUT I DO THINK, LAWRENCE, IT'S
SOMETHING ELSE AT WORK HERE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND WILLIAM MARSHALL WROTE SOME OF THIS ON THE INTERNET TODAY.
AND THAT IS FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT
HE IS MAD. HE HAS SOME RAGE.
HE IS SCARED. WHAT DID HE DO WITH RUSSIA
NARRATIVE IS CLOSING IN ON HIM. STILL, THE INVESTIGATION IS
ABOUT HIS TAX RETURNS ARE CLOSING IN ON HIM.
HE JUST CAME BACK FROM THIS EUROPEAN TRIP, AND HE WAS ANGRY
WITH THE LEADER OF GERMANY, MS. MERKEL, AND THE NEW LEADER OF
FRANCE. WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A
PRESIDENT WHO IS LASHING OUT IN ANGER.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A PRESIDENT THIS PSYCHOLOGICALLY TROUBLED -- I'M
TRYING TO USE MY LANGUAGE REAL CAREFULLY.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A PRESIDENT THIS PSYCHOLOGICALLY TROUBLED IN THIS
WAY SINCE AT LEAST RICHARD NIXON.
>> YES. >> AND REMEMBER, WE'RE STILL
VERY EARLY IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
BUT THIS DECISION TODAY IS -- HISTORY IS GOING TO PUNISH
DONALD TRUMP FOR THIS DECISION. AND THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH
WILL IT PUNISH OUR OWN COUNTRY. THAT MAY DEPEND ON HOW MUCH OF
THE SLACK THAT THEY CAN TAKE UP, THAT INDIVIDUAL STATE
GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO KNOW, INCLUDING
CORPORATIONS, WHO KNOW THIS IS A BAD DECISION, TRY TO RESIST IT.
BUT THE PRESIDENCY IS VERY STRONG.
WHEN HE MAKES THIS KIND OF DECISION, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF AN ELECTION.
HE WAS ELECTED THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE KINDS OF
DECISIONS. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S TIME
FOR US TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, BE CALM, BE STEADY ABOUT IT.
OVER THE LONG HAUL, WE'RE PROBABLY BE ALL RIGHT.
THAT NO PRESIDENT IS STRONGER THAN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
AND THAT IS NOT A POPULAR DECISION IN THE COUNTRY.
IT IS POPULAR WITH SOME PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CORE
SUPPORTERS. AND YOU CAN ARGUE THAT'S ANOTHER
REASON HE DID IT. THAT HE NEEDS TO NOURISH HIS
CORE SUPPORT. >> HE HAS TO GIVE THEM
SOMETHING. >> HE HAS TO GIVE THEM
SOMETHING. PULLING BACK WHAT WE CALL ON
TELEVISION THE WIDE SHOT, THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY WELL AS BE
SHOWING UP IN THE OVAL OFFICE IN SPATS AND SAYING HE IS GOING TO
INCREASE THE MANUFACTURER OF BUGGY WHIPS.
>> OR HORSE SHY, "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING AS WE BEGAN
REPORTING, DAN, SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT
MACRON. A WHITE HOUSE AIDE OR AIDES ARE
QUOTED IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" TONIGHT AS SAYING, "HEARING
SMACK TALK FROM THE FRENCHMAN 31 YEARS HISIS JUNIOR IRRITATED AN
BEWILDERED TRUMP." AND SO IT SEEMS WE MAY BE
DEVELOPING AN ENEMY'S LIST IN THIS WHITE HOUSE WHICH WE HAD IN
THE NIXON WHITE HOUSE. BUT THIS ENEMY'S LIST IS GOING
TO HAVE HEADS OF STATE ON IT. LIKE PRESIDENT MACRON AND ANGELA
MERKEL. >> WELL, LET'S QUOTE THE WHITE
HOUSE HERE. A BEWILDERED PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> YES. >> HERE AGAIN, THE RUSSIANS ARE
SMILING. THE CHINESE ARE SMILING.
WHEN THEY SEE THIS STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THEIR
SMILE WILL BROADEN. BECAUSE THEY SEEK TO DISRUPT
THESE HISTORICAL ALLIANCES THAT HAVE KEPT THE PEACE BY AND LARGE
FOR THE BETTER PART OF A CENTURY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE RUSSIANS AND THE CHINESE THAT THEY
UNDERMINE THESE ALLIANCES WE HAVE WITH NATO, EUROPEAN UNION,
THESE VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, AND TO SEE
THIS KIND OF TALK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN BY THE WAY, THE
FRENCH PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING ENGLISH AS YOU POINTED OUT.
>> YES. >> I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO SEE
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAK TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE IN FRENCH.
BUT IT MAY BE A WHILE. >> DAN, WE'RE ALWAYS AS THE
STORIES DEVELOP, WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING OUR WATERGATE
TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU LIVED THROUGH.
IT HAD A RHYTHM TO IT. THERE WAS A NEWS RHYTHM TO IT,
THE WAY THE STORIES BROKE. THE RHYTHM TO THIS SEEMS MUCH
FASTER. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND "THE
WASHINGTON POST" BREAKING STORIES BY THE HOUR, BY THE DAY.
THIS STORY HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY EVERY DAY.
>> WELL, THE PACE OF IT IS MUCH FASTER THAN WATERGATE.
AND ALSO, REMEMBER WATERGATE DIME A CLIMAX DURING NIXON'S
SECOND TERM. >> YES.
>> WE'RE STILL EARLY IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
BUT THE NEWS BUSINESS HAS CHANGED SO MUCH.
TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED TO MUCH. THAT IT'S MUCH QUICKER NOW.
AND THE QUESTION THAT GOES UNANSWERED, I FOR ONE HAVE NO
IDEA WHERE THIS LEADS IS THE OPEN QUESTION.
BECAUSE YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT. IT ISN'T JUST A DRIP, DRIP.
IT'S ALMOST A STEADY STREAM OF ONE STORY AFTER ANOTHER.
AND THANK HEAVEN AND OTHER POWERS THAT MAY BE "THE
WASHINGTON POST" AND "NEW YORK TIMES" AND OTHER NEWS
ENTERPRISES THAT HAD BEEN BREAKING THESE STORIES.
BUT THIS IS WHY I SAY -- AND I THINK THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
CONFIRMED TONIGHT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE IS JUST -- HE IS
BEWILDERED. WHAT WAS THE WORD HE USED?
>> IRRITATED AND BEWILDERED. >> IRRITATED, BEWILDERED.
I THINK HE IS BEGINNING TO REALIZE HE IS IN OVER HIS HEAD.
HE BECAME VERY CONFIDENT AS A BUSINESS LEADER.
BUT BEING PRESIDENT IS NOT JUST BEING A CEO.
FOR ONE THING, WHEN YOU'RE CEO, YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND TELL
SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING, THEY DO IT.
IN A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, CAN'T DO THAT.
>> AND SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES THAT THIS WHITE HOUSE HAS THAT
THE NIXON WHITE HOUSE DIDN'T HAVE IS NO ONE EVER SAID A BAD
WORD ABOUT PRESIDENT NIXON'S SON-IN-LAWS.
>> NO. THAT'S TRUE.
WELL, I HESITATE TO LAUGH ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT'S SERIOUS.
AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT THE SON-IN-LAW HAS NOT BEEN
PROVEN GUILTY OF ANYTHING. BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING IRRITATED, BEWILDERED, MAD, ANGRY, ENRAGED,
HERE HIS SON-IN-LAW WHO HE APPARENTLY LIKES VERY MUCH AND
IS IN VERY TIGHT AND KNOWS AN
AWFUL LOT, AGAIN, THE NARRATIVE ALMOST DAILY, THIS ADDITION TO
THE NARRATIVE, A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT THE
SON-IN-LAW. WHAT DID HE KNOW, WHEN DID HE
KNOW IT? WHOM HE MET.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED -- I'M NOT PREDICTING, I WOULDN'T BE
SURPRISED IF PRESIDENT TRUMP AT SOME POINT TOOK THE ADVICE OF
SOME MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN SUGGESTING THAT THE
SON-IN-LAW PERHAPS OUGHT TO TAKE HIMSELF OFF LINE FOR A WHILE.
BUT ALL OF THIS IS GETTING VERY, VERY SERIOUS.
NOT JUST FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE FUTURE OF HIS PRESIDENCY,
BUT THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. AND NOW IT COME BACKS TO THIS
DECISION ABOUT PULLING OUT OF THE PARIS ACCORDS.
THERE IS AN OLD SAYING IN THE MARINE CORPS.
IF YOU CAN'T PICK UP THE CADENCE, YOU BETTER CHECK YOUR
OWN STEP, WHICH IS A WAY OF SAYING EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD
HAS SIGNED ON THIS THING EXCEPT FOR SYRIA AND NICARAGUA.
>> YEAH. >> AND IF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA IS TO REMAIN IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THIS AND
OTHER ISSUES, WE CAN'T JUST STAND WITH NICARAGUA AND SYRIA.
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