President Trump Wants To Withdraw From Paris Climate Deal: Reports

WASHINGTON, DC — President Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, the landmark 2015 deal President Obama entered into in an effort to reduce carbon emissions in concert with allies across the planet, according to Politico and Axios. However, the report cautions that the president's mind may not be made up yet, and Trump himself tweeted after the report broke that an announcement on the topic will be coming soon.

"I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days," Trump said on Twitter, adding: "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Axios' Jonathan Swan reported that Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter, has been consistently arguing that the United States should not withdraw from the deal.

The United Nations tweeted the following Wednesday morning:

According to the Associated Press, leaders in the European Union and China have reaffirmed that their countries are committed to the deal whether or not the United States backs out.

Republican Lindsey Graham of south Carolina said on CNN of the president, "If I were him, I would stay in the agreement and make it a better deal for worldwide business interests." Asked what pulling out would mean, Graham said, "It means that the leader of the Republican Party is in a different spot than the rest of the world. It would be taken as a statement that climate change is not a problem, not real. That would be bad for the party, bad for the country."

Trump has repeatedly said that his main focus is on whether the Paris climate agreement is a "good deal" for the U.S. Republicans have typically been skeptical about the reality and impact of climate change, and they usually argue that efforts to mitigate the problem would be too costly for the economy. However, since the climate deal's commitments are entirely voluntary and include no punishments for failing to meet its goals, proponents say there is little downside for Americans to remain as a part of the agreement.

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