Posted on 06/02/2017 6:46:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump has been lambasted by a German newspaper with the headline 'Earth to Trump - f**k you!' after he pulled out of the Paris climate change accord as world leaders unite to criticise him.
The Berliner Kurier used the expletive headline as German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday vowed 'more decisive action than ever' to protect the climate after the US pullout.
'We in Germany, in Europe and the world will band together to take more decisive action than ever to confront and successfully surmount major challenges to humanity such as climate change,' she told reporters.
She pledged her country's continued commitment to the accord, saying it was a 'cornerstone' of attempts to protect 'our Creation'.
In a short statement to the German parliament, Merkel said there was no turning back from the path that began with the 1997 Kyoto climate protocol and continued with 2015's 'historic' Paris deal.
'The decision of the US President to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is very regrettable, and I'm expressing myself in a very reserved way when I say that,' she said, adding that the deal was needed to protect the environment.
'To everyone for whom the future of our planet is important, I say let's continue going down this path so we're successful for our Mother Earth,' she said to applause from lawmakers.
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said there can be no 'backsliding' from the agreement as China, the world's bigger polluter, said it would like to uphold the 'hard-won' Paris Accord.
Speaking at a summit with China business leaders in Brussels on Friday Juncker said: 'China and the European Union are aligned on the need for international solutions.
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Informal is definitely the way to go.
Nah, it's a regional tabloid without many readers.
They're trying to attract attention to themselves.
Putting it in English is wimping out, though.
People are a lot more comfortable with swear words in another language, because they don't pack the emotional punch of words they grew up with.
Your leaders hate YOU! They despise you, do you think they have your best interest in mind?
We finally got a leader that LOVES the country he is leading
Piece of advice: Elect someone to lead your country that LOVES their country!
As Basil Fawlty said, “WHO WON THE BLOODY WAR, ANYWAY?”
these people need to learn what risk/rewards means.
these people need to learn what risk/rewards means.
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