Posted on 03/13/2017 10:19:50 AM PDT by rktman
European leaders are quietly building a coalition of countries to pressure the Trump administration to not withdraw from the Paris agreement and meeting with White House officials, looking for the right argument to sway the U.S. president.
A coalition led by Germany, France and Italy has reached out to “Canada and China, as well as African, Latin American and small island states,” according to Politico, to form a group of “like-minded” countries to take advantage of a divided White House.
Diplomats have even spoken to White House officials, framing participation in the United Nations climate deal as a boon for jobs. White House energy adviser George David Banks has already met with European officials on the issue.
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Gotta keep that money flowing. If it’s not payments to the Iranian terrorists it’s payments to climate terrorists!
Bingo! Trump is really upsetting the scam of governments stealing money from the people. I wish these snowflakes would see that Trump has their best interest in mind, if they want to work.
Remember, these are government types that got into government after losing out in the real world that made Trump a success.
This will be mere child's play for him.
“Create Jobs”? Where? How?
What they need is a slogan and a twitter campaign. “Make Erf Great Again”. #StopGlobalWarming.....
Trump will get RIGHT on board......NOT!
The climate agreement is a farce. Countries VOLUNTEER to send money. It is not mandatory. #1 Sucker....USA.
“This will be mere child’s play for him.”
OK, so why hasn’t he pulled us out of this pos yet? It was a campaign promise just do it already so he doesn’t have put up with the “pressure”.
Kinda wondering about Ivanka’s take on it and the amount of influence she has on her dad. Sometimes you gotta tell your kids NO.
The only 2 idiots that approved and signed it were Obama and Kerry = Nothing
He should announce that he agrees to live up to the agreement until/unless the decision is made to abandon it. I think there are 3 parts to the agreement
1) Set a CO2 goal
2) Report on progress toward the goal and plans to improve progress
3) Pay $billions to undeveloped nations
His announcement can be
1) The goal is to spew out no more than 10x as much CO2 in 2030 as 2005
2) We are WAY under that goal (about 99% better). No need to make changes
3) We’ll pay up after EVERY other nation pays (assuming we don’t decide to drop out). If we had the money it would be safe to put $3 billion in escrow depending on everyone else paying or the US dropping out (whichever comes first)
That’s inline with the Paris agreement. If they want to argue that his points meet the letter of the agreement but not the spirit, they can be told to show how they’ve met the spirit of points 2 & 3 (they haven’t). Setting an aggressive goal is not going to do anything and Trump can make them look like fools if they want to play games.
If we pull out of the treaty ee can have energy prices lower than the rest of the developed nations. That gives energy intensive industries more incentive to leave Europe and come here.
Talk about a waste of time....
He can't do EVERYTHING at once...snap of finger. Give him some time to do it right.
I don't envy his having so many breathing down his neck....cut him a little slack.
He can’t do EVERYTHING at once...snap of finger.
Ok fair point but I’ve seen Sean duck the question a couple of times which makes me a little nervous that plus we keep hearing Ivanka is pushing to keep the US to stay in this miserable treaty. A little reassurance would go a long way.
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