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Scoop: Trump tells confidants U.S. will quit Paris climate deal
Axios ^

Posted on 05/27/2017 5:20:00 PM PDT by TigerClaws

Edited on 05/27/2017 10:08:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

President Trump has privately told multiple people, including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave the Paris agreement on climate change, according to three sources with direct knowledge.

Publicly, Trump's position is that he has not made up his mind and when we asked the White House about these private comments, Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks said, "I think his tweet was clear. He will make a decision this week."


(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braking; climatechangefraud; fakescience; parisaccords; parisclimate; scottpruitt; trump; trumpclimatechange; trumpenvironment; trumpepa
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To: TigerClaws

What wat wat no Ivanka, Jarod, Jaranka, Cohn, Goldman Sachs?... like some here like to think. LoL.

Some around here never seem to figure him out. Once Trump looked at the details of this Paris climate agreement, there would be no way he could go for this. Everything that Trump is about - an inhibiting wealth scam and globalism goes against his very being. There was no dang way Trump could square that Paris circle in his own mind.


61 posted on 05/27/2017 8:56:48 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: plain talk; TigerClaws

Don’t be so sure.

It’s Ivanka’s world

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39883635


62 posted on 05/27/2017 8:59:22 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: kabar

Agreed. Lots of positives to proceeding this way.


63 posted on 05/27/2017 8:59:23 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: LS
I just texted Team Trump. I congratulated them on pulling out and the response was “Thanks” Now, sounds to me like a done deal.

Great.

I never had a doubt. ;-)

64 posted on 05/27/2017 9:00:16 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: rdcbn

Exactly! I would keep it far away from the Senate. That would be a setup, a trap.


65 posted on 05/27/2017 9:03:35 PM PDT by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: Steelfish

I guess you missed the news that Ivanka and Jared might be on their way out.


66 posted on 05/27/2017 9:03:41 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: LS
I do NOT think he is in a position to wage war against the courts or ever all of Congress yet.

Trump won 230 CD's and ~30 states. That's worth something if he needs to play hardball with Congress.

67 posted on 05/27/2017 9:04:23 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Helicondelta

Where did you see that?


68 posted on 05/27/2017 9:06:01 PM PDT by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: Steelfish

LoL. Trump is always his own man.


69 posted on 05/27/2017 9:10:36 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: TexasCruzin

“Sources close to the president’s son-in-law tell the New York Times” that he might return to the private sector. But no decision yet.


70 posted on 05/27/2017 9:14:23 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: vette6387

He just needs to say that the Paris agreement should have been submitted to the US Senate for ratification as a treaty, that since it has never been ratified by the US Senate the US has never been a party to the agreement. He does not now intend to submit it to the US Senate since he does not consider it to be a treaty the US should join.

That not only announces our rejection of the agreement but also repudiates the idea that we have to go through a prolonged multi-year process to make that withdrawal happen. We were never really “in” it in the first place.

AND, it’s a nice kick in the nuts to Barry and the clowns that pushed this crap on us in the first place.


71 posted on 05/27/2017 9:16:48 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: TigerClaws

I was hoping when they claimed he was “evolving” on it, it just meant til he got the heck out of Europe! Being semi-polite to hosts, that is.


72 posted on 05/27/2017 9:31:50 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: FrankR

“I think this is just speculation by some journo-head trying to meet a deadline.”

indeed. the problem is that this is axios, the fake news propaganda cousin of the fake news propaganda politico, the very same politico banned at FR. Axios and politico are owned and run by the same guy.

basically anything written by axios and politico that don’t site named people or publish actual documents have to be considered false unless otherwise proven true.

(actually, that’s true of WaPo and NYT as well


73 posted on 05/27/2017 9:42:19 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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There is no Global Warming!!!

Climate Change Is Interplanetary - Earth Not Only Planet Heating Up!

74 posted on 05/27/2017 10:07:07 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: Sasparilla

It is not a treaty. It is an executive agreement. The best way to kill it politically is to treat it as a treaty. It will not pass the Senate.


75 posted on 05/27/2017 10:09:05 PM PDT by kabar
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To: rdcbn
The Senate may just ratify the Paris Accord as a treaty

The Paris climate accord has been negotiated with 175 countries. The Senate cannot amend it. It must be approved as written, which is why it will not receive 67 votes in the Senate for ratification.

76 posted on 05/27/2017 10:14:23 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar
"The best way for Trump to get out of the Paris agreement is to refer it to Congress for an up or down vote with two thirds needed to ratify it like a treaty.

Aren't you worried that the GOPe might come up with 19 votes to put it over the top?

77 posted on 05/27/2017 10:50:01 PM PDT by Neanderthal
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To: TigerClaws

Excellent news. Love it.

The “historic” climate deal. *rolls eyes*


78 posted on 05/27/2017 10:50:24 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: Neanderthal

No. And there will be plenty of Dem no votes. There are provisions in the agreement that would be harmful politically to Reps and Dems alike. Kyoto was voted down 98 to 0.


79 posted on 05/27/2017 11:09:13 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Verginius Rufus; All

If climate change is real, then average highs could run up around 100 in Texas. Typical temperatures in Bhagdad are up around 114. Last year India had temperatures as high as 124 and hundreds died. In 2015, 2,300 died from heat.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/24/asia/india-heat-wave-deaths/


80 posted on 05/28/2017 1:25:03 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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