Axios: Trump intends to leave Paris climate accord

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Meh. While Trump certainly might leave the Paris Accord, what he'll actually do depends far more on who yanks which string right before the announcement.

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More than anything else, I find it astonishing that Donald Trump is a president who apparently has no clear opinion on this important issue and has yet to form one...

How can you find that surprising? Trump operates as a reflection - he'll do whatever it takes to make himself look big to the audience he's facing at the moment (and that has the side-effect of making him a good huckster). He doesn't have clean opinions on anything other than how awesome he is.

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There's a 4 year waiting period, so he can't leave unless Democrats blow another election.

Even if he can't technically "leave" for a while, he can definitely compel congress to change US law to purposely break the rules.

While Congress can do that on their own - and Trump can sign the law, if he remembers - count me among the very skeptical when it comes to Trump's ability to compel Congress to do anything. (Short of declaring a Make American Great Cultural Revolution and having his redhats round them up.)

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It sounds like Trump doesn't trust God to fix jobs and the economy. Fake Republican!

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It sounds like Trump doesn't trust God to fix jobs and the economy. Fake Republican!

#CampaignPromiseKept.

Those are so rare, I guess they all need to be celebrated bigly?

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Trump gets world-wide condemnation from world leaders in a remarkable show of unity

“We deem the momentum generated in Paris in December 2015 irreversible and we firmly believe that the Paris Agreement cannot be renegotiated, since it is a vital instrument for our planet, societies and economies,” said chancellor Angela Merkel, president Emmanuel Macron and prime minister Paolo Gentiloni. The three leaders called on their allies to speed up efforts to combat climate change and a promise to do more to help developing countries adapt.

“I tell you firmly tonight: We will not renegotiate a less ambitious accord. There is no way,” said Macron. “Don’t be mistaken on climate; there is no plan B because there is no planet B.” The Vatican said a US pullout represented a “huge slap in the face” for the pope and a “disaster for everyone”. Japan’s foreign ministry said: “Climate change requires a concerted effort by the whole of the international community. Japan believes the leadership of the developed countries to be of great importance, and the steady implementation of the Paris agreement is critical in this regard. The recent announcement by the US administration on its withdrawal … is regrettable.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/01/trump-withdraw-paris-climate-deal-world-leaders-react

Russia's official comment could not be made out over the echoing sound of Putin's laughter filling the halls of the Kremlin.

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With his decision to leave the Paris Agreement, Donald Trump has also decided to render him self politically irrelevant on the world stage.

Sure, keep dreaming. No U.S. president is ever "politically irrelevant on the world stage."

Well he is doing his best to make that happen.

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Hackery. The mere fact that everybody is currently talking about Trump and will doubtlessly continue to do so proves that he is everything but politically irrelevant. The word you're looking for is unpopular.

Everyone's talking about Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, too. That doesn't make them politically relevant.

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Hackery. The mere fact that everybody is currently talking about Trump and will doubtlessly continue to do so proves that he is everything but politically irrelevant. The word you're looking for is unpopular.

Everyone's talking about Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, too. That doesn't make them politically relevant.

Not politicians.

Trump is a reality tv star and professional celebrity. (And con artist.) If nothing else, the last four months should make that very obvious. He is no more a politician than the muddy dog running about the ballroom is a dancer.

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'President Trump believes the climate is changing': Ambassador Haley

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-change-idUSKBN18U0T4

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I guess we're supposed to believe that Trump isn't ignorant, just stupid and evil.

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Hackery. The mere fact that everybody is currently talking about Trump and will doubtlessly continue to do so proves that he is everything but politically irrelevant. The word you're looking for is unpopular.

Everyone's talking about Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, too. That doesn't make them politically relevant.

Not politicians.

Trump is a reality tv star and professional celebrity. (And con artist.) If nothing else, the last four months should make that very obvious. He is no more a politician than the muddy dog running about the ballroom is a dancer.

Newsflash, he's your president.

A bunch of deplorable idiots handing real power to a celebrity doesn't change what he is, any more than handing a toddler a shotgun makes them a hunter.  Both just become more dangerous for everyone in range.