It ' s already dead . The U . S . was the leading nation in the deal , and now the incoming president adamantly says he ' s pulling out of it . Even if he started backpedaling it would be too late , the uncertainty generated already has sealed the deal . Trump ' s entire purported economic agenda tariffs and whatnot are predicated on not being tied to international deals like this . Congress can ' t really pressure the president to make the deal , and there ' s not going to be any public support for doing it . The deal is dead . This is a bad thing , btw . <| sep |> From what I ' ve seen of history , people only react when SHTF big time . Think how quickly America mobilized after Pearl Harbour . I think in the coming years as climate change begins to inconvenience the first world more and more , radical changes will be made . And when they are made , they will be made swiftly . Until then we ' re just going to keep going like everything is fine . Humanity as a whole lacks foresight . I just hope we can steer away from the cliff in time when everyone on the bus finally agrees we ' re driving towards it .