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U. S. WILL ' _?, AGREEMENT -TRUMP
President Trump has privately mid multiple
people, including EPA Administrator Scott
Pruitt, that he plans ta leave the Paris
agreement on climate change, awarding
ta three sources with direct knowledge,
Publicly, Trump' s position is that he has mt
made up his mind and when we asked the
White House about these private comments,
Direc: ier at Strategic Communications Ham
Hicks said, ''I think his tweet was dear,
He will make a decision this week."
Why this matters: Pulling out of Paris is the
biggest thing Trump eould to do unravel
Gobama' s climate policies, It also sends a
stark and combative signal ta the rest at the
worrld that waitting with other nations on
climate change isn' t a priority ta the Trump
administration. And pulling am threatens in
unravel the ambition of the entire deal,
given haw integral Erma President
Obama was in making it came tegether in
the First place,
The mood inside the The White Hesse has told Pruitt ta lay off Pruitt' s aides have told in ascent
Ct: weat: Although Trump made it clear EPA this week has been one at nervous doing TV appearances until Trump clays that they remain confident the President
during the campaign and in multiple optimism, In a senior strait meeting earlier his decision eh Paris. his past will withdraw from Paris but the/ been
conversations befire his overseas trip that this week, Pruitt told aides he wanted them weeks, the EPA Administrator has gone on worried about him being and
he whored withdrawal, he has been known ta pump the brakes on publicly lalal: yoing TV ta say the US. needs he quit Paris, but exposed ta pressure From European leaders
corruptly change his mind - and elfien tar withdrawal Pram Paris. Pruitt told aides he' ll be keeping e lesser and the limwire: orientalist views at his top
hm” in gauge the rette: ftnn of profile. He doesn' t “rant is Paris withdrawal aides like and economic adviser Gary
friends and aides, On the trip, he spent Instead, the EPA shit are quietly working its be seen es his victory. "ii needs he be the Cam. Top EPA staff were relieved when
hours with Ivanna Trump and Jared with outside supporters ta place op eds President' s vitory," one saurce said, Trump he eoin We ether six stations of
Cushier, powerful advisers who back the favoring withdrawal tram Paris. paraphrasing what Pruitt has mid aides} the in reaffirming "strong commitment'' ta
chiral. the Paris agreement.
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