Trump to yank America out of Paris climate change agreement in major foreign policy break with nearly every other nation on earth

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[/FONT]President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the international climate accord known at the Paris Agreement after an intense lobbying effort from conservatives within his party. European allies had begged Trump not to ditch the pact last week (bottom) in back-to-back meetings, and the White House said the president was considering their position. Ultimately, he decided to stick with a campaign promise to pull out of the

 

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Breaking News: Trump to yank US out of international climate change accord known as the Paris agreement

• Trump faced an intense global lobbying effort - he ultimately sided with conservatives in his party and administration over his daughter
• Ivanka had advised her father against an exit from the accord that commits participants to drastically reducing greenhouse gases
• European allies had begged Trump not to ditch the pact last week in a series of meetings
• Even Pope Francis had something to say- he gifted Trump with a copy of his encyclial on the enviornment when they met last week at the Vatican

 

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President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the international climate accord known at the Paris Agreement after a period of intense lobbying that spanned the globe.
European allies had begged Trump not to ditch the pact last week in a series of meetings, and the White House said the president was considering their position.
Trump's eldest daughter had advised her father against an exit, as well
The president said Wednesday morning in a tweet that he would be making an announcement 'over the next few days' following a report from Axios that he was moving forward with plans to pull the US from it.
The news outlet said Trump had decided to stick with a campaign promise to pull the US out of the accord that commits participants to drastically reducing greenhouse gases, siding with conservatives in his party over Ivanka.

 

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President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the international climate accord known at the Paris Agreement after an intense lobbying effort from conservatives within his party

The president said Wednesday morning in a tweet that he would be making an announcement 'over the next few days' following a report that he was moving forward with plans to pull the US from it

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European allies had begged Trump not to ditch the pact last week in a series of meetings, and the White House said the president was considering their position. Ultimately he sided with conservatives in his party who were demanding he drop it

Trump said after his foreign trip that he would make an announcement this week about Paris.
He teased his plans again in a Wednesday morning tweet that said, 'I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!'
Axios said in it's report that Trump has taken a position - it's the method of withdraw that's still being worked out.
The administration is determining between a formal exit from just the Paris Agreement, a process that could take years, and a total disavowal of the United Nations climate change framework that serves as the basis for the pact.
US officials insisted that Trump had an 'open mind' on the agreement and wanted to hear from world leaders on the topic as he traveled through Europe.
As his nine days of travel came to a close, Trump's advisers claimed he had not taken a firm position and would not until he returned to the US.
‘The president is thinking about what his options are and has taken in what he learned from world leaders today,' Trump's chief economic advisor, Gary Cohn, said Friday. ‘I think his views are evolving, and he came here to learn and he came here to get smarter and he came here to hear peoples' - world leaders' - views.'

 

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Trump's daughter, Ivanka, had also advised her father against an exit. Her husband Jared agreed with her until this week when he suddenly changed his mind

Trump's most senior aides and cabinet secretaries had lined up on either side of the issue.
Cohn joined Trump's daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka and Jared, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and National Security Advsior in a campaign to remain in the accord that Barack Obama's administration negotiated.
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt and Vice President Mike Pence were strongly against staying in the pact that requires the US to cut emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Domestic Policy Council director Andrew Bremberg, and three senior advisors to the president - Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller - came in behind the Environmental Protection Agency head and the vice president.
As Trump waffled on the issue, conservative heavyweights sent Trump a letter reminding him that withdrawal is a 'key part of your plan to protect U.S. energy producers and manufacturers from regulatory warfare.'

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Even Pope Francis got involved in the decision with worldwide repercussions. He presented Trump with with his encyclical on the environment during a customary gift exchange last week at the Vatican

The Competitive Enterprise Institute follow up with ads that ran in nearly 70 markets the day before Trump departed for Saudi Arabia urging him to keep his campaign promise to 'cancel' the environmental accord.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and 15 other Republican senators sent Trump a letter of their own last Thursday, putting additional pressure on him to yank the US out.
The missive tipped the scales, according to Axios.
Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, warned Trump on Wednesday that his actions are likely to have long-lasting repercussions on the US economy and the United States' standing internationally.
'I think that our credibility will be undermined,' he said on CNN.
Other countries like China will fill the gap with green energy jobs and 'surpass us' in those industries, he argued on the networks New Day program.

 

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[h=3]UN CHIEF SETS UP SHOWDOWN WITH TRUMP OVER PARIS[/h]Climate change is undeniable and it is 'absolutely essential' the world fight the problem together, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres argued on Tuesday.
Trump refused to endorse the landmark climate change accord at a summit of the G7 group of wealthy nations on Saturday, saying he needed more time to decide. He then tweeted that he would make an announcement this week.
'If any government doubts the global will and need for this accord, that is reason for all others to unite even stronger and stay the course,' Guterres said during an address on climate change at New York University, the day before it emerged Trump will pull out.
'The message is simple: the sustainability train has left the station. Get on board or get left behind,' he said. 'The real danger is not the threat to one's economy that comes from acting. It is instead the risk to one's economy by failing to act.'

Confrontation: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as adamant that the U.S. should stay in the Paris agreement when he spoke in New York on Tuesday

The United States is the world's biggest economy and the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China.
'The world is in a mess,' Guterres said. 'It is absolutely essential that the world implements the Paris Agreement.'
'Climate change is undeniable. Climate action is unstoppable. And climate solutions provide opportunities that are unmatchable,' he said, describing the effects as 'dangerous and accelerating.'
Guterres said he intends to convene a climate summit in 2019 to review implementation of the global climate deal. He said that currently 147 parties representing more than 82 percent of greenhouse gas emissions have ratified the Paris agreement.
Big emitters led by China, the European Union and India have reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris deal, which seeks to phase out greenhouse gas emissions this century by shifting to clean energies.
A U.N. panel of climate scientists says it is at least 95 percent probable that man-made greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, are the main cause of climate change since 1950.
Global average temperatures have hit record highs in each of the past three years, and warming is projected to cause worsening droughts, sea level rises, floods, heat waves and extinctions of wildlife.

 

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Read more:

• Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal - Axios

 

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Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours agoMore



I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

 

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MAGA bitches

 

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Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 2hMore



I will be announcing my decision on Paris Accord, Thursday at 3:00 P.M. The White House Rose Garden. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Finally a man in the oval office with common sense. Long overdue.

 

[SheriffJoe]

Finally a man in the oval office with common sense. Long overdue.

I'll cheer once it's official and I read the fine print.

"climate change" ointer:

 

[Seymour]

Sounds nutz on it's face but then I listened to Grover Norquist explain how it's all about money

 

[Dave007inVegas]

The agreement has a major flaw, it's non binding and thus useless.

 

[SgtLanquel]

Insiders informing that (shock!) little donnie has no actual opinion on the current PC Deal, but simply believes "he can craft a better deal" and put his name on it.

 

[sshz]

This has nothing to do with Climate Change, it's about the transfer of U.S. wealth to foreign countries.......this is a fact. Even high officials involved in the Paris agreement have stated this. It's really about sending $100 billion dollars over time from developed countries to under-developed countries,

It will also slowly lead to a one-world-order, which is ultimately the goal of the Dem's and foreign leaders.

Trump keeps another campaign promise......thank you Mr. President!

 

[Dave007inVegas]

I'll cheer once it's official and I read the fine print.

"climate change" ointer:

Start cheering. We're out.

 

[CarolinaKid]

Great job by Mr Trump pulling us out, we getting stronger everyday and no longer will have other countries laughing at us

 

[BleedingPurple]

Trump nailed that speach

 

[CarolinaKid]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^+1