President-elect Donald Trump | ...that sounds so much better than "President-elect Hillary Clinton"... |
A source on Trump’s transition team told Reuters that the team was looking for ways to bypass the procedure to leave the Paris accord, which was agreed upon last December.
| Did the Senate ratify this treaty? If not, then we never were party to it anyway, despite President Obama's artistic signature, just as, as I recall, the Senate never ratified the thing Vice President Al Gore was involved in way back when. |
"It was reckless for the Paris agreement to enter into force before the election,” the source told Reuters on Tuesday.
| Obama has been working to cement his legacy. In cement shoes... |
Other nations still hope Trump comes around on the climate deal. However, one Moroccan official said that even if the U.S. does pull out it won’t hurt the deal.
"If one party decides to withdraw that it doesn't call the agreement into question," Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar said.
U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa was still hoping to build a solid relationship with Trump.
"The Paris Agreement carries an enormous amount of weight and credibility," she added.
| Among all the elites who are now discredited, she means... |
