Ben & Jerry’s Rips Donald Trump For Pulling Out Of The Paris Climate Accord
The U.S. is pulling out of the #ParisAgreement?!? 100% totally, definitely the right move. #ActOnClimate https://t.co/YepretnsJk
— Ben & Jerry’s (@benandjerrys) June 1, 2017
Yesterday, Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, making us just one of three nations worldwide no longer actively taking steps to combat climate change.
Since then, many have called out Donald Trump on his fallacious decision, but nobody has been as harsh on him as Ben & Jerry’s has. The ice cream company launched a scathing satirical post entitled “6 Reasons Pulling Out of the Paris Climate Agreement Was Totally, Definitely the Right Move” that hammers Trump by highlighting the consequences of turning his back on global climate change efforts. One of the harshest parts of the article include ingredient replacements like “human despair,” “penguin meat,” and “covfefe” for when climate change wipes out the ability to cultivate cocoa or vanilla for our most beloved ice cream flavors.
“Climate Change is the Real Job Killer, Not the Paris Climate Agreement” – Jostein Solheim, Our CEO https://t.co/x45T5l6PQ4 #ActOnClimate pic.twitter.com/ksrzZayi1J
— Ben & Jerry’s (@benandjerrys) June 2, 2017
Ben & Jerry’s didn’t stop at that post. An open letter from CEO Jostein Solheim published in the Huffington Post calls out Trump for putting the US on the “wrong side of history” and noting that the global economy is moving towards clean, renewable energy, even if the so-called leader of the free world is refusing to head in that direction.
The overall message that Ben & Jerry’s gets across is clear: Despite Donald Trump’s misguided actions to damage our global reputation as a leader in the fight against climate change, the world won’t halt its efforts to reduce pollution and emissions that our country was instrumental in producing. And neither will many of the companies within the United States that have taken up that fight as well.
