John Oliver: If Paris Accord Affected Business, Then Why Are They Supporting It?

‘What are you talking about you f**kin ego maniac’

EXCERPT:

OLIVER: "The point is, if the agreement was a scheme to hurt American businesses, you know who that might be news to? Many American businesses. Because they were not just in favor of this agreement, they even made a last ditch attempt to change Trump's mind."
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REPORTER: "25 companies, including Microsoft and Intel, have purchased a full-page ad in today's 'New York Times,' arguing 'the agreement generates jobs and economic growth.'"
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OLIVER: "Come on. He was never going to be convinced by an ad in 'The New York Times.' How was he going to see it? If those companies really wanted to get his attention, they needed to talk KFC into putting out a full-bucket ad which he would read on the toilet while eating chicken, because that, at its core, is who our president is. But it turned out that rather than listening to these companies, the President was getting advised from climate change skeptics like his EPA chief Scott Pruitt and human custody hearing Steve Bannon." 

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