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malaise

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Sat Jul 8, 2017, 03:44 PM Jul 2017

Trump left in cold over Paris climate agreement at end of G20 summit

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/08/donald-trump-paris-climate-agreement-g20-summit-us-theresa-may
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Donald Trump was left isolated at the end of a fractious G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, after every other world leader signed up to a declaration that the Paris climate agreement was irreversible following an unprecedented standoff.

After the publication of a final communique that saw the emergence of a G19 grouping for the first time, Theresa May said she was “dismayed at the US decision to pull out” of the accord and had personally urged the president to reconsider.

Asked why she had failed to raise the issue during a formal 50-minute bilateral meeting with Trump at the Hamburg Messehallen, as furious negotiations were still going on behind the scenes, the prime minister said: “I did bring the issue of climate change agreement up with President Trump.

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Theresa May is a first class tool
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Trump left in cold over Paris climate agreement at end of G20 summit (Original Post) malaise Jul 2017 OP
...and hes trying to take america with him but..... samnsara Jul 2017 #1
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