White House Postpones Another Climate Change Meeting

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published MAY 9, 2017 11:53 AM

White House advisers on Monday postponed another meeting about the United States’ participation in the Paris climate change agreement. The meeting was scheduled for Tuesday.

White House spokesperson Kelly Love confirmed delay, first reported by Politico, in an email to TPM. She did not say who was involved in discussions about the Paris agreement.

The White House has appeared hesitant to address the climate deal, which Trump railed against during the 2016 campaign, but on which his advisers appear to be divided.

On April 18, the White House postponed a similar meeting about the agreement due to “scheduling conflicts.” Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the Washington Post at the time that Trump’s advisers “wanted to have that conversation,” but the Post noted a divide in the Trump White House between those who want to maintain a “seat at the table” in global climate change discussions, as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during his confirmation hearing, and those who are opposed to participation in the agreement, like EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

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[dembotoz]

1. he will use this as a deflection when he need to play it