General H.R. McMaster on FoxNews Sunday Comments on Paris Accord and Trump Climate Goals

See Paris Climate Accord interview segment at 9:15 of this clip.

WALLACE: There is a report this weekend, I’m sure you read, that says that President Trump has decided he’s not going to pull out of the Paris climate accord, that we may reduce our commitment to curb greenhouse gas emissions but he’s going to live with the agreement, stay in the agreement with a reduced commitment.

Is that true, sir?

MCMASTER: No, it’s false. That’s a false report. The president decided to pull out of the Paris Accord because it was a bad deal for the American people and because it was a bad deal for the environment. It gave the worst polluters the ability to continue polluting and emitting carbon without significantly reducing those levels.

The president is committed to the cleanest water on Earth, the cleanest air on Earth, to an energy policy that reduces carbon emissions but then also provides clean fossil fuels to generate growth in this country and globally. And these priorities he felt we could not pursue effectively within this flawed agreement.

WALLACE: So, he’s out of the Paris Climate Accord?

MCMASTER: He’s out of the Paris Climate Accord. What he said, the door is open. If you look at what he said on the day that he announced withdrawing from the accord, he said, at some point in the future, if there can be, if there can be a ideal that addresses these some fundamental flaws —

WALLACE: But the allies said they’re not going to renegotiate.

MCMASTER: Well, the president’s ears are open, though, if at some point they decide that they can come forward with an agreement that addresses the president’s very legitimate concerns about Paris.

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