Trump Noncommittal On Paris Climate Accord: It Will 'Be Okay' Without US
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published JULY 13, 2017 1:25 PM
President Donald Trump was noncommittal on the United States stance on the Paris Agreement on climate change Thursday, saying it would be OK if the U.S. never re-committed to the worldwide effort to combat global warming.
Something could happen with respect to the Paris Accord, well see what happens, he said at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. But we will talk about that over the coming period of time. And if it happens, that will be wonderful. And if it doesnt, thatll be OK, too. But well see what happens.
Macron was harshly critical, as were many world leaders, of Trumps announcement on June 1 that he did not intend to honor the United States commitments as part of the climate deal, in which nations set individual emissions goals that are voluntarily enforced.
The same day of Trumps announcement, Macron appealed to American climate scientists and others concerned about global warming to move to France, delivering a speech and launching a website calling to make our planet great again, a sly reference to Trumps campaign theme, Make America Great Again.
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(24,324 posts)Something could happen with respect to the Paris Accord, well see what happens, he said at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron. But we will talk about that over the coming period of time. And if it happens, that will be wonderful. And if it doesnt, thatll be OK, too. But well see what happens.
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(1,397 posts). . . where he said Loretta Lynch issued the passport to the Russian lawyer? I guess that makes it all okay.