John Kerry: People are going to die because of Trump

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... The last quarter of Kerry’s book is taken up with a blow-by-blow account of the hard graft of being Barack Obama’s secretary of state – the hours and weeks of global meetings that eventually secured the Iran nuclear deal, that saw him take his two-year-old grandchild on stage to sign the Paris climate agreement, that crashed against the intractability of the Middle East conflict. Six months after Trump’s inauguration, the new president took the US out of the Paris agreement; this May, he pulled out of the Iran deal. How does it feel to watch things built with so much care being torn down? “Here’s my feeling. And I’m certain of this.” He slows down. “I. Do. Not. Take. It. Personally. I’m sorry for the world. I’m sorry for my country, which looks ridiculous. Look, I’ve known all my life that this is a tough business, that politics is hard – that there are ups and down and if you personalise them you’re never going to survive.” Also, he points out, “I feel better than a lot of people think”, because Trump cannot affect the 194 countries still “doing Paris”, or even the 38 US states (plus Washington DC) committed to renewable energy portfolios regardless of the president’s edicts. The Iran deal is wounded, but still exists, he says. “In fact France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China all met few weeks ago in New York with the foreign minister of Iran, to talk about how to keep the deal moving forward.”

Surely he is angry, though? “You know what I’m angry about? People are going to die because of the decision Donald Trump made. My kids and my grandkids are going to face a difficult world because of what Donald Trump has done ...

He didn't seem bothered when the administration destroyed Libya and Syria. He didn't seem bothered with Obama drone boning weddings.