When President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate accord, he cast the decision as being in the best interests of coal miners and other working-class Americans whose support helped sweep him into office. …
The announcement on climate change Thursday was just the latest in a series of actions orchestrated by the White House to buoy Trump’s political base at a time when he remains historically unpopular for this point in his presidency. CONT.
John Wagner, Washington Post