Moments before President Trump announced on Thursday that he’d withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate deal, CNN host and serial plagiarist Fareed Zakaria lost his mind, fretting that “this is the day that the United States resigned as the leader of the free world” and a sign of “breathtaking” “irresponsibility” by the President.

The Lead host Jake Tapper introduced Zakaria to bring in “an international perspective” and so Zakaria proceeded to unload on Trump, painting a doomsday scenario.

“[T]his is the day that the United States resigned as the leader of the free world. It's nothing short of that. The — the — the irresponsibility of this act is breathtaking because the Paris climate accords are actually extraordinarily flexible. They do not dilute American sovereignty,” Zakaria fretted.

Despite the fact that countries can make up their own plans that may (or may not) do their parts in reducing carbon emissions, Zakaria spun it as a positive:

They allow every country to make it own plans. That's why countries that have jealously guarded their sovereignty like China, like India, like Russia, have all signed on. There are 194 other countries that have signed on to this, including the countries that Donald Trump keep saying always beat us in these agreements. They are all in.

Being the fair and true journalist that he is, Tapper pressed Zakaria with the opposing viewpoint, noting that others argued “that China is getting away with murder and don’t listen to what the Chinese and the Indians are saying” as they’re instead “building more polluting plants.”

Zakaria hilariously acknowledged that “there is going to be some cheating” and suggested the other members of the deal would police each other to the point of levying fines. Yeah, good luck actually believing that.

If countries can cheat, why have the agreement at all? Further, why hype it as so momentous to the future of humanity?

“So it's bad geo-politically. It’s bad economically and does not dilute American sovereignty. This is a lose, lose, lose for the United States and, as I say, for a young presidency, it is already the single most irresponsible act that the President has taken,” Zakaria concluded.

Here’s the relevant portion of the transcript from June 1's CNN Newsroom: