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World Leaders Disappointed With Trump After Climate-Change Announcement

Many of their responses focused on the same key words: “disappointment” and “regret.”
Source: Jonathan Ernst / AP

President Trump’s announcement that he will withdraw from the Paris Agreement, the first international treaty to combat climate change, has left many world leaders unhappy with the U.S. While the decision was all but confirmed Wednesday following insider reports from White House officials, foreign governments the president would have a last-minute change of heart in response to mounting international pressure. When Trump revealed Thursday at the White House Rose Garden that the U.S. would be “getting out” of the Paris Agreement, leaders were quick to

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