On the 5th of November, the United States began the official process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, a decision taken by President Donald Trump in 2017 which will see the US physically removed from this treaty on the day after the US 2020 election. While this move has received international condemnation from prominent world leaders, it remains necessary to consider the fundamental impact the US withdrawal will have on the Paris Agreement’s mission: to prevent the extreme rise of global temperature. Although the Trump administration can be accused for shirking its responsibility to fight climate change, considering the real impact of the Paris Agreement in this area causes us to reconsider the extent to which this move will be a disaster for international climate policy.