Scarborough: Leaving Paris climate deal ‘stupid and counterintuitive’

Joe Scarborough on Monday slammed the Trump administration’s push to leave the Paris climate deal, calling such a move “stupid and counterintuitive.”

“I know Pruitt and Steve Bannon are both against this, but this is so stupid,” Scarborough said on “Morning Joe,” referencing the head of the Environmental Protection Agency and the White House chief strategist, respectively.

“It’s so stupid for America to get out of this because first of all it’s voluntary,” Scarborough continued.

{mosads}Scarborough argued that leaving the deal is “stupid and counterintuitive” because the agreement brought countries like India and China to the table.

Pruitt last week during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” called for the United States to leave the Paris deal, which was reached in December 2015 in an effort to tackle climate change.

Pruitt called the accord a “bad deal for America” last week.

But Scarborough on Monday insisted the U.S. should not leave the agreement.

“We’re doing a better job. That’s one of the sort of hidden stories of the past decade,” said Scarborough.

“We have been doing a better job of cutting our carbon emissions. Now we get them at the table to do it, so why do we walk away?”