I am not really too sure beyond a symbolic thumbing of its nose at the world community what pulling out of the accord accomplishes except a promise kept to his electorate.

He can't reignite the coal industry that has been supplanted by natural gas. And I think most states will keep moving toward their clean air objectives regardless of what the federal government does to the standards if anything.

No state as I understand it has a carbon tax so there is no tax to repeal.

So while not really accomplishing anything internally it will further isolate the US from the world community (if there is such a thing as the world community anymore) which is exactly what I think Trump is testing.

He is in his tear down phase in the battle with the world. If he secures new deals and the US begins to update its crumbling infrastructure and constructs a better healthcare plan and enhances education in the second phase then hats off to him.