Climate of chaos

President Trump cited nationalism as his primary reason for withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Accord.

Nationalists are proud of their country and have a positive view of their future, although at some times badly skewed. I don't see any pride or positive energy coming from the Trump camp.

Instead, I would describe his action as one of nihilism, based on the historical definition of it is as the “doctrine of an extreme Russian revolutionary party which found nothing to approve of in the established social order.” The current attitude of Trump supporters is nothing more than tribal solipsism tinged with incoherence and unabashed greed.

Trump can’t start to move the United States out of the Paris deal until 2019. A lot can happen between now and then, and given the pace of events since Trump was elected, it probably will. Barbara Snider Huntington Beach

Chip Somodevilla Getty Images “I WAS elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” Trump said on Thursday.