Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — John Kerry sat in front of the United Nations, his 2-year-old granddaughter, Isabelle, in his lap as he affixed his signature to a historic climate accord. He smiled. He gave Isabelle a peck on the cheek. He blew a kiss into the crowd. It was Earth Day, 2016, and for Kerry it marked the culmination of not only years of diplomacy but a lifetime of work. As he reflected that day on the accomplishment, he quoted a simple phrase from Nelson Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it is done.” Thirteen months later, it has all been undone — by President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the historic Paris climate agreement. “It was a day of craven ignorance and cynicism that moved the presidency of the United States away from global leadership into a narrow little niche of ideological, political self-preservation,’’ Kerry said in an interview with the Globe on Friday. “It’s tragic for the consequences. It’s also built on an enormous lie that the economy is somehow hurt by the steps that were being taken.” “I think it will be recorded as one of the most self-destructive days in presidencies ever,” he added. O’Malley wrote in a statement on his blog that he is disappointed in President Trump’s decision not to uphold the Paris Agreement. As Kerry watched Trump’s announcement Thursday, he grew angrier — on a personal front, for his gran... Link to the full article to read more