--- title: Leo DiCaprio Criticizes Trump for Leaving Paris Accord description: DiCaprio, an avid environmental advocate, decried Trump's choice to withdraw from the Paris Agreements on climate. canonical: https://time.com/4803001/leonardo-dicaprio-on-trump-environment/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-02T15:07:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:05:12.481Z og:title: Leo DiCaprio Called Out Trump for His "Careless Decision" og:description: DiCaprio is not here for Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreements og:url: https://time.com/4803001/leonardo-dicaprio-on-trump-environment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt342e846777d04ad4/6988cbe18e0601896b46a3a8/leo-dicaprio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "The Great Gatsby" World Premiere - Outside Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Leo DiCaprio Called Out Trump for His "Careless Decision" twitter:description: DiCaprio is not here for Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreements twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt342e846777d04ad4/6988cbe18e0601896b46a3a8/leo-dicaprio.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Leonardo DiCaprio Slams Withdrawal From the Paris Accord. 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President Donald Trump announced on Thursday plans for the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, fulfilling a major campaign promise while hampering international efforts to slow global warming._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 2, 2017 3:07 PM UTC President Donald Trump announced on Thursday plans for the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, fulfilling a major campaign promise while hampering international efforts to slow global warming.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 2, 2017 3:07 PM UTC Leonardo DiCaprio, Oscar-winning actor and [environmental crusader](http://time.com/4777107/leonardo-dicaprio-on-porpoise/), is not here for President Trump’s position on climate change. The action will remove the U.S. from the international measure fighting global warming. Trump announced his plans to withdraw from the deal Thursday, arguing it would forward his job creation campaign promise. In an Instagram post shared on Thursday night soon after news broke that Trump would be withdrawing the U.S. from the [Paris Climate Agreement](http://www.thedrive.com/opinion/11066/president-trump-dumps-paris-climate-agreement), DiCaprio put the full force of his star power behind his beliefs. “Today, the future livability of our planet was threatened by President Trump’s careless decision,” he wrote on his strongly worded opinion of the executive choice, featuring an image of the White House. “Our future on this planet is now more at risk than ever before.” He also called Trump’s decision “deeply discouraging,” and urged his followers to support a number of organizations that are committed to fighting climate change and combating the Trump agenda, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Indivisible Guide, a Trump resistance manual. This is not the first time DiCaprio has spoken out in favor of environmental protection; his entire social media feeds, in fact, are dedicated to highlighting environmental issues, and he even held up signs in [April’s People’s Climate Movement March](http://time.com/4761810/leo-dicaprio-climate-march/). ## Transcript [00:00] The United States will withdraw from [00:05] the Paris climate accord, [00:09] but begin negotiations to reenter either the Paris [00:14] accord or really entirely [00:18] new transaction. When terms that are fair to the [00:22] United States, its businesses, its workers, its [00:26] people, its taxpayers. As someone who cares deeply about [00:31] the environment, which I do, I cannot, in good conscience, [00:35] support a deal that punishes the United States, which is [00:38] what it does. The World's leader in [00:44] environmental protection while imposing no meaningful [00:48] obligations on the World's leading [00:53] polluters. This agreement is less about the climate. And [00:59] more about other countries gaining a financial advantage [01:04] over the United States. The rest of the world applauded [01:10] when we signed the Paris Agreement. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [01:14] They went wild. They were so happy. I'm willing to [01:17] immediately work with Democratic leaders To [01:21] either negotiate a way back into Paris under [01:25] the terms that ar fair to the United States and [01:30] it's workers or to negotiate a new deal so [01:34] if the obstruction is wanna to get us together with me let's [01:37] make non obstructionist. We will all sit down and we will [01:41] get back into the deal, and we'll make it good. We won't be [01:45] closing up our factories and we won't be losing our jobs. [01:48] We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing [01:53] at us anymore, and they won't be. They won't be. [01:57] I was elected to represent. The citizens [02:02] of Pittsburgh, not Paris. Foreign leaders in Europe, [02:07] Asia and across the world, should [02:12] not have more to say, with respect to the U. S. economy, [02:17] than our own citizens and their elected representatives. [02:24] Thus, our withdraw from the agreement represents a [02:28] reassertion of Americas sovereignty. [ APPLAUSE ] [02:33] Our Constitution is unique among all nations of the world. [02:37] And it is my highest obligation And [02:43] greatest honor to protect it, and I [02:47] will. It is time to put Youngstown, Ohio, [02:53] Detroit, Michigan and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania along [02:59] with many, many other locations within our great country. [03:04] Before Paris France, it is time to [03:08] make America great again. 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