WH: US staying out of climate accord

[TomCADem]

Source: CNN

(CNN)President Donald Trump still plans to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement unless there are major changes made to the carbon emissions pact, the White House said Saturday.

The statement came after a European diplomat told reporters that a Trump administration envoy appeared to signal a softening stance during a meeting of climate ministers in Montreal, Canada.

A major point of contention between the United States and its global allies, the Paris climate accord issue reappeared just as Trump was set to make his major diplomatic debut at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York next week.

If the administration were to reverse itself on dropping out of the accord, it would be a stark retreat on the issue for Trump and a complete break from his campaign promise to "cancel" the agreement, possibly signaling also that he's moving closer to Democrats on some policy matters.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/16/politics/trump-paris-climate-deal/index.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Not fit to decide who closes the local 711 store and who opens up in the AM, let alone this.

madness

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Will they make up their fecking minds???

I hate roller coasters.

[bearsfootball516]

4. I don't think they ever changed their minds

I think a reporter at the Wall Street Journal got fed some bad information by someone who thought they knew what they were talking about, but didn't.

[TubbersUK]

8. Or maybe Trump is saying one thing behind closed doors

but spinning it differently for his base.

Who knows

[Bleacher Creature]

3. Phew!! Didn't want Syria and Nicaragua to get lonely. NT

[pangaia]

6. "......just as Trump was set to make his major diplomatic debut ...."

That's the biggest crock of shit if I ever heard.

[Raine1967]

7. This is gonna be interesting.

Trump want's a win wherever he can get it, at this point, I think he might be willing to do this to get the approval of the global audience that endorsed the Paris agreement.

HE wants a win and he ain't getting them on our soil. He used to want approval here in the states, he might well be looking for approval on a global scale.

that is how narcissists roll.

[Optical.Catalyst]

9. What is the White House is doing that we really should be looking at

Trump plants some fake news with the WSJ that attracts everyone's attention. Meanwhile, what nefarious policy measure are they implementing while the country is focused on this seemingly dead story?

[Achilleaze]

10. ...and the republicans persisted in their dangerous lies to America and the World

Sad. Stupid. Arrogant. Tragic. republican.