Trump to make decision on Paris climate pact after G7 summit

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Trump to make decision on Paris climate pact after G7 summit

By Valerie Volcovici

REUTERS

 

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S. May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not make a decision on whether to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement until after he returns from the May 26-27 Group of Seven summit, the White House said Tuesday.

 

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump is continuing to hear from advisers on the pros and cons of the United States remaining in the global accord. He will make a decision when he returns from the G7 summit in Italy, not prior to that, as originally planned.

 

"It's a sign that the president wants to continue to meet with his team ... and come to a decision on what's (in) the best interest of the United States," Spicer told reporters.

 

Trump advisers had been scheduled to meet at the White House on Tuesday to try to reach a final decision, but a White House official said the meeting was postponed due to scheduling conflicts.

 

His advisers and cabinet chiefs have been split over whether Trump should keep his campaign promise to pull the United States out of the agreement or remain to try to reshape it, according to senior administration officials and several people briefed on the meeting.

 

His daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who are senior presidential advisers, as well as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are in favour of remaining, while Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt and senior adviser Steve Bannon have urged Trump to withdraw.

 

Advisers had been under pressure to deliver a final recommendation to Trump ahead of the May 26-27 G7 meeting.

 

(Reporting by Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Jeffrey Benkoe)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-05-10

[darksidedog]

It is mind boggling that the head of the EPA, is against an Environmental Protection Agreement. Bannon is a loon, so I would never plan on going along with his whacko ideas.

One can only hope that after meeting with real world leaders, common sense will prevail and this landmark agreement on the climate moves forward unaltered.

[thaibeachlovers]

I hope Trump keeps that promise and dumps the whole flawed deal.

Just by not sending a passle of bureaucrats to the next exotic location they choose for their ( holiday ) talkfest he will be saving a great deal of hot air from entering the atmosphere.

[Langsuan Man]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I hope Trump keeps that promise and dumps the whole flawed deal.

Just by not sending a passle of bureaucrats to the next exotic location they choose for their ( holiday ) talkfest he will be saving a great deal of hot air from entering the atmosphere.

It all depends upon who talks to him last,  since I am sure he won't remember any of the facts presented at the meeting 

[Fulwell53]

After he has finished his climate change denials expect holocaust denials to be hot on their heels.

Disgusting donald

[maewang99]

it's only important to politicians.

if we don't get negative emissions to scale.... it maps out only one way no matter what these idiots decide.     

 

[iReason]

3 hours ago, Langsuan Man said:

It all depends upon who talks to him last,  since I am sure he won't remember any of the facts presented at the meeting 

 

It only took General Secretary Xi 10 minutes...

 

10 Ways Donald Trump Has Already Reversed Course

The president is constantly changing his mind, flip-flopping on issues and personnel without apology. (sub-title)

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-12/10-ways-donald-trump-has-already-reversed-course

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/26/politics/trump-foreign-policy-100-days/

[Thaidream]

Trump is dangerous because he doesn't really know much about anything except real estate. He has no social conscience and doesn't really care about policies that impact the World or the poor and disfranchised. He lacks any moral compass and he is unqualified to be President.

 

His firing of the FBI Director shows that he is trying to disrupt an active investigation into his alleged ties with Russia. I can only hope that the US Congress and cabinet will remove him from office before he destroys everything that reasonable Americans believe in.