CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK/UN: “U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said the Paris climate agreement is a key part of promoting global security and prosperity in what appeared to be a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pledge to leave the accord.
Mrs. May, in her remarks to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday [9-20-17], said global commitment to a rules-based system is critical as nations face threats such as North Korea’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons programs and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons against his own people…
The Trump administration had sent signals over the weekend that it was exploring ways to remain in the 2015 pact, but the White House said Monday that the U.S. will leave the deal ‘unless we can re-engage on terms more favorable to the United States.’
In her address to the U.N. on Wednesday, Mrs. May said that the U.K. is committed to being a global player but didn’t specifically mention its planned exit from the European Union…
She addressed the body before meeting with Mr. Trump, but also didn’t mention the Iran nuclear agreement, about which Mr. Trump said earlier Wednesday that he had reached a decision. He didn’t say what he decided, but Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that the U.S. would seek changes to the agreement if it plans to remain a party to it.”
-Felicia Schwartz, “U.K.’s Theresa May Promotes Paris Accord, Contrasting With Trump,” The Wall Street Journal online, Sept. 20, 2017 05:20pm