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Donald Trump Says Decision on Paris Agreement Coming 'Next Week'
@realDonaldTrump
I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!
7:17 AM - 27 May 2017 · Taormina, Sicily
Hard to read Trump here. But this is the same Trump whose budget slashes the US/EPA by 31% and has signed an order for the EPA to dismantle environmental protections.
Donald J. Trump ✔Justin Worland
May 27. 2017
President Donald Trump said Saturday he would make a decision on the Paris Agreement on climate change "next week" following months of intense speculation and lobbying on both sides of the issue. The announcement came as Trump departed this year's G-7 summit in Italy without endorsing the landmark global warming deal which has support from nearly 200 countries, a move that put him in conflict with his counterparts from the world's other leading democracies. Trump promised on the campaign trail to "cancel" the Paris Agreement arguing that it hurts U.S. energy interests, but actually exiting the deal has proven more complicated than Trump portrayed it on the campaign trail. The issue has divided his closest advisers with a group of hard-liners including Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and senior adviser Steve Bannon arguing for withdrawal. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, along with Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, have pushed for him to remain in the deal. The agreement also has support from many corporations, including in the coal, oil and gas industries. Leaders across the globe have insisted repeatedly that they will continue to implement the Paris Agreement if the U.S. withdraws. Indeed, the G-7 statement included a commitment not just to keeping the deal alive but to supporting developing countries in their efforts to address global warming, a key component that had been threatened by U.S. intransigence in the past.
@realDonaldTrump
I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!
7:17 AM - 27 May 2017 · Taormina, Sicily
Hard to read Trump here. But this is the same Trump whose budget slashes the US/EPA by 31% and has signed an order for the EPA to dismantle environmental protections.