Zakaria on Paris Deal: ‘This Will Be the Day that the U.S. Resigned as the Leader of the Free World’

CNN host Fareed Zakaria says President Trump removing the United States from the largely symbolic Paris climate accord signals his resignation as "leader of the free world."

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ZAKARIA: "Jake, I think that if it proves to be what we think it is, this will be the day that the United States resigned as the leader of the free world. It's nothing short of that. The irresponsibility of this act is breathtaking because the Paris climate accords are actually extraordinarily flexible. They do not dilute American sovereignty. They allow every country to make its own plans. That's why countries that have jealously guarded their sovereignty, like China, like India, like Russia, have all signed on. There are 194 other countries that have signed on to this, including the countries that Donald Trump keeps saying always beat us in these agreements. They are all in."