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Yes. Just as an example, Reagan may have been the last President who would have actually even considered pulling out of the Paris Accord.

You would have heard something like this from EVERY President since Reagan:

"On these issues, we are committed to ensuring that we work in harmony with the goals of the rest of the world to preserve the environment, we cannot let anything get in the way of that goal. As President of The United States, I have a solemn responsibility to leave this planet to our children in better shape than we found it. It may not be popular with many Americans, but I feel it is the right thing to do. We will have to sacrifice, but I believe the goal is worth the sacrifice."

Am I right? Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush...they would have all mouthed platitudes like that, enough to make me sick.

Now, contrast that with what President Trump actually said that day:

"On these issues and so many more, we’re following through on our commitments. And I don’t want anything to get in our way. I am fighting every day for the great people of this country. Therefore, in order 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 — but begin negotiations to reenter either the Paris Accord or a really entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States, its businesses, its workers, its people, its taxpayers. So we’re getting out. But we will start to negotiate, and we will see if we can make a deal that’s fair. And if we can, that’s great. And if we can’t, that’s fine. (Applause.)

As President, I can put no other consideration before the wellbeing of American citizens. The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers — who I love — and taxpayers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories, and vastly diminished economic production.

Thus, as of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the non-binding Paris Accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country. This includes ending the implementation of the nationally determined contribution and, very importantly, the Green Climate Fund which is costing the United States a vast fortune."

What an amazing contrast. Just amazing. A modern American President who puts America and Americans first, because...it is his job. It is what we elected him for.