Lloyd Blankfein Takes To Twitter — For First Time — To Protest Paris Pullout

Lloyd Blankfein’s follow-to-followers ratio is seriously impressive. Image by Twitter

By Daniel J. Solomon June 2, 2017

President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord has driven even reluctant Twitterer Lloyd Blankfein to the platform for the first time since he joined — or his assistant joined him — in 2011.

Today’s decision is a setback for the environment and for the U.S.’s leadership position in the world. #ParisAgreement

— Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) June 1, 2017

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The Goldman Sachs CEO and other business leaders were quick to bemoan the president’s decision, which represents a huge step away from American commitments to fighting climate change. In the run-up to the Thursday announcement, even fossil fuel companies like Exxon Mobil urged remaining within the accord.

But no matter: Blankfein is just the sort of “globalist” elite who isn’t part of Trump’s base. He was famously attacked in a late campaign ad that had anti-Semitic undertones. But one Goldman alum is definitely happy with the decision, and indeed pushed it: chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Contact Daniel J. Solomon at [email protected] or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon

Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.

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