When President Trump formally announced Thursday that the United States will be withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, he said the decision would help bring more jobs, less debt and cleaner air and water to the country.

"As president, I can put no other consideration before the well-being of American citizens," Trump said. "The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers, who I love, and taxpayers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories and vastly diminished economic production."

While the decision fulfills a campaign pledge to his core supporters, it immediately drew criticism from international leaders, U.S. politicians and many other American citizens. Trump said he would be open to renegotiating a re-entry to the accord, a move European leaders said is not possible.

But in laying out his justification for withdrawal, Trump made some comments that didn't always match the facts. Below, we fact-check some of his Rose Garden statements.

The US has contributed $1 billion, and no one knows where the money is going

Trump slammed the Green Climate Fund, which was established under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change through pledges from developed countries. A total of 43 governments had pledged to support the Fund as of May 12, including nine developing nations, according to the Fund's pledge tracker. The United States had committed to providing $3 billion.

Trump said the United States "has already handed over $1 billion."

That's a matter of some dispute. Before President Obama left office, the State Department said it had pledged another $500 million, which would bring the total U.S. contribution to $1 billion. But according to the Green Climate Fund's pledge tracker, America's pledge is "subject to the availability of funds" and only $500 million had been provided as of May 12.

Trump also slammed what he sees as the fund's lack of accountability.

"Nobody even knows where the money is going to. Nobody's been able to say where is it going to," Trump said.

But this is also untrue. The Fund's website gives detailed descriptions of the projects it supports, including current initiatives supporting community-based natural resource management in Namibia, an urban flood management program in Senegal and solar energy development in Chile. It also outlines its multilayered approval process for funding proposals. The fund also has an Independent Integrity Unit where any person can report fraud, corruption or other concerns about grantees.

Losing out to China and India on coal

"China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So, we can't build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement," Trump claimed. "India will be allowed to double its coal production by 2020."

This statement is not entirely true, either. The Paris Agreement doesn't actually contain the word "coal" at all. It requires countries to publicly announce how they plan to meet carbon emissions reductions goals, but it doesn't dictate whether countries build new plants.

China has already reduced its dependence on coal and the number of coal plants. The country's National Energy Administration announced in January that it was canceling construction on more than 100 coal-fired plants.

For its part, one Indian company did put forth a plan to double its coal production by 2020, according to a 2015 report in India's Economic Times. But that plan is dependent upon whether the company can secure the land and proper clearances to do so, the report found.