Sen. Ed Markey Edward (Ed) John Markey3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing Democrats shoot down talk of expanding Supreme Court Schumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement MORE (D-Mass.) on Thursday said President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE is proving to be the exact opposite of former President Kennedy, who would have turned 100 this week.

“Donald Trump is like JFK in reverse. He is saying we can’t do it. We can’t have a clean energy revolution. We can’t move to non-fossil fuel burning vehicles. And the rest of the world is going to move in that direction,” Markey told CNN’s “New Day.”

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“President Kennedy was born one hundred years ago this week. He challenged America to out a man on the moon in eight years and return him safely to this planet,” Markey said.

Trump is reportedly set to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord on Thursday.

Markey warned against the implications of the U.S. leaving the 195-nation deal, saying it would be a sign the U.S. is letting go of its global leadership position.

“It is going to be a statement that we are withdrawing from global leadership, that we are not accepting our responsibility, and that we are not going to take advantage of this huge economic opportunity in wind, in solar, in clean energy jobs, generally in all electric vehicles, to drive the economy of the 21st century,” he said.

“Instead, they are going to cede this economic terrain to the Chinese, to the Germans, to the Indians, and others, who are going to move forward almost with thanks to the United States," he continued.