text: Understanding that Todd Stern was a Clinton appointee explains his motivation, but the drama presented by him and many others regarding the president's opting out of the Accord is beyond the pale. Even Obama did not take the agreement seriously. If he had, he would have taken it to the senate for ratification, but he did not because he knew the vote would fail. The point is, the president is in favor of good environmental policies, but is opposed to agreements of any kind, whether it be climate or trade, that are unfair and harmful to this country. Let's be honest, all of the commotion over the president's opting out of the Accord is not because an unenforceable, trillion dollar, non-binding, boondoggle idea has been scrapped, but because the liberal cause has seized upon it as an excellent opportunity to promote more anti-Trump vitriol.