<p>US President Donald Trump&#39;s &quot;I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh and not Paris&quot; statement has clearly riled city&#39;s mayor Bill Peduto.</p>

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<p dir="ltr">Hours after Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord, Peduto tweeted saying,&nbsp;&quot;we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy and future.&quot;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">As the Mayor of Pittsburgh, I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy &amp; future. <a href="https://t.co/3znXGTcd8C">https://t.co/3znXGTcd8C</a></p>
&mdash; bill peduto (@billpeduto) <a href="https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/870370288344674304">June 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr">The Pennsylvanian city&#39;s democratic mayor also fact-checked&nbsp;Trump&#39;s statement by saying it was Hillary Clinton who won 80 per cent of the votes in the city.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Fact: Hillary Clinton received 80% of the vote in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh stands with the world &amp; will follow Paris Agreement <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton">@HillaryClinton</a> <a href="https://t.co/cibJyT7MAK">https://t.co/cibJyT7MAK</a></p>
&mdash; bill peduto (@billpeduto) <a href="https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/870369217031397377">June 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr">Many experts feel&nbsp;Trump&#39;s decision to bring in Pittsburgh on an international platform is&nbsp;part of President Trump&#39;s ploy to swing voters in the city for his 2020&nbsp;re-election campaign.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Pittsburgh was where the National Republican Party first held its convention in 1856, it&nbsp;remained a Republican stronghold from the Civil war in the 1860s up till the 1930s but after the Great Depression voters began shifting their allegiance&nbsp;towards Roosevelt&#39;s&nbsp;New Deal policy. &nbsp;</p>

<p dir="ltr">Known as &quot;the steel city&quot; Pittsburgh has 300 steel-related businesses. The city has also been involved in the manufacturing of aluminum,petroleum, autos, and electronics</p>

<p dir="ltr">Pittsburg has now suddnelly hit the headlines after Trump&#39;s speech, Twitter was abuzz on Friday with people posting pictures of Pittsburgh from when it was polluted. Many came out in support of the Paris agreement.&nbsp;</p>

<p dir="ltr">However, the air quality in the city has improved in recent years&nbsp;years but the local rivers continue to have pollution levels exceeding the United States Environmental Protection Agency limits.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pittsburgh then and now.<br />
I&#39;m pretty sure I know which one Pittsburghers prefer, having lived there for 23 years, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a>.?? <a href="https://t.co/DD5nhZ2nkc">pic.twitter.com/DD5nhZ2nkc</a></p>
&mdash; FanMom (@fanmomaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/fanmomaf/status/870418827871490053">June 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump made Pittsburgh his counterpoint to Paris. We should recall that it led the way in post-WWII action on pollution. (This is from 1960:) <a href="https://t.co/nJbU6oV1p9">pic.twitter.com/nJbU6oV1p9</a></p>
&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/870462820785278976">June 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The steel industry left Pittsburgh decades ago. Now they&#39;re doing biotech &amp; driverless cars.<br />
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Pittsburgh is hurt by Paris withdrawal.</p>
&mdash; ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) <a href="https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/870372366932557824">June 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Withdrawing from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParisAgreement?src=hash">#ParisAgreement</a> will be devastating to our planet. Paris and Pittsburgh share the same environment after all. <a href="https://t.co/QNO5vHtmEF">pic.twitter.com/QNO5vHtmEF</a></p>
&mdash; Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/870380553895378944">June 1, 2017</a></blockquote>
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While announcing his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord Trump said, 'I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh and not Paris'

US President Donald Trump's "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh and not Paris" statement has clearly riled city's mayor Bill Peduto. Hours after Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord, Peduto tweeted saying, "we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy and future." As the Mayor of Pittsburgh, I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy & future. https://t.co/3znXGTcd8C — bill peduto (@billpeduto) June 1, 2017 × The Pennsylvanian city's democratic mayor also fact-checked Trump's statement by saying it was Hillary Clinton who won 80 per cent of the votes in the city. Fact: Hillary Clinton received 80% of the vote in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh stands with the world & will follow Paris Agreement @HillaryClinton https://t.co/cibJyT7MAK — bill peduto (@billpeduto) June 1, 2017 × Many experts feel Trump's decision to bring in Pittsburgh on an international platform is part of President Trump's ploy to swing voters in the city for his 2020 re-election campaign. Pittsburgh was where the National Republican Party first held its convention in 1856, it remained a Republican stronghold from the Civil war in the 1860s up till the 1930s but after the Great Depression voters began shifting their allegiance towards Roosevelt's New Deal policy. Known as "the steel city" Pittsburgh has 300 steel-related businesses. The city has also been involved in the manufacturing of aluminum,petroleum, autos, and electronics Pittsburg has now suddnelly hit the headlines after Trump's speech, Twitter was abuzz on Friday with people posting pictures of Pittsburgh from when it was polluted. Many came out in support of the Paris agreement. However, the air quality in the city has improved in recent years years but the local rivers continue to have pollution levels exceeding the United States Environmental Protection Agency limits. Pittsburgh then and now. I'm pretty sure I know which one Pittsburghers prefer, having lived there for 23 years, @realDonaldTrump.?? pic.twitter.com/DD5nhZ2nkc — FanMom (@fanmomaf) June 1, 2017 × Trump made Pittsburgh his counterpoint to Paris. We should recall that it led the way in post-WWII action on pollution. (This is from 1960:) pic.twitter.com/nJbU6oV1p9 — Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 2, 2017 × The steel industry left Pittsburgh decades ago. Now they're doing biotech & driverless cars. Pittsburgh is hurt by Paris withdrawal. — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 1, 2017 × Withdrawing from the #ParisAgreement will be devastating to our planet. Paris and Pittsburgh share the same environment after all. pic.twitter.com/QNO5vHtmEF — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) June 1, 2017 × President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight Climate Change (Reuters) × (WION)

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