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The charade: Defiant Trump — Summer of action: Paris announcemen='s big winner — Pizza triumph

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By Mike Allen = ·Jun 02, 2017

1 big thing: Defiant Trump never wavered

Trump in the Rose Garden yesterday / AP's Andrew Harnik

The "debate" was mostly a charade. A source who spends = lot of time with President Trump has never heard him say a positive thing=about the Paris climate accord.

Ivanka Trump was op=imistic to the end that she could change her father's mind.

=ut in retrospect, it turns out that the notion he was going to st=y in the deal was always fanciful.

The bottom line, fro= Axios' Jonathan Swan: The speech Trump gave in the Rose Garden w=s the most full-throated expression of populist nationalism we've seen sin=e his inauguration. This was campaign Trump, and he looked like he was loving it in the Rose Garden, with his suppo=ters cheering his applause lines and a jazz band warming up the crowd in t=e sun.

Behind the scenes, from my conversatio=s and Swan's notebook:

What Trump was thinking: "This is religion for the political left, and our suppo=ters are constantly being asked to change their behavior," a top West Wing=aide told me, adding that the "snarky comments" from European leaders didn=t help. The aide said Trump resented the corporate critics who "ride in fo=sil-fuel-guzzling planes and SUVs, then act holier-than-thou."

The supporters: In the president's inner circle= key advocates for withdrawal included Vice President Pence; chief strateg=st Steve Bannon; senior adviser Kellyanne Conway; White House Counsel Don =cGahn; Stephen Miller, his top speechwriter; EPA administrator Scott Pruit=; and Marc Short, his congressional liaison.

The withdrawa= is a huge disappointment for Ivanka, who pressed hard for her fa=her to stay in the deal. Economic adviser Gary Cohn and SecState Rex Tille=son supported her.

The non-profit Competitive En=erprise Institute played a big role in rallying outside conse=vative groups. An administration source says CEI was "the energy" and "ena=led the issue to stay high profile in the White House for months." CEI mar=haled a coalition letter of influential outside groups, and helped generat= the letter from the 22 Republican senators — including Mitch McCo=nell — that gave Trump crucial ammo.

2. This is big

Top Trump officials applaud as he announces withdrawal — from le=t: Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, EPA Admin=strator Scott Pruitt and Vice President Pence / AP's Susan Walsh

The decision is galvanizing opponents in a way that nei=her side fully anticipated, with a drive under way to meet the U.S. commit=ents in spite of Trump ... N.Y. Times p. A12, "Bucking Trump, Th=se Cities, States and Companies Embrace Accord," by Hiroko Tabuch and =enry Fountain:

"Representatives of American c=ties, states and companies are preparing to submit a plan to the United Na=ions pledging to meet the United States' greenhouse gas emissions targets =nder the Paris climate accord, despite President Trump's decision to withd=aw from the agreement."

"The unnamed group — which, so far, includes 30 mayors, three governors, more t=an 80 university presidents and more than 100 businesses — is nego=iating with the United Nations to have its submission accepted alongside c=ntributions to the Paris climate deal by other nations."

"Bloomberg Philanthropies, Mr. Bloomb=rg's charitable organization, is offering to donate $14 million over the n=xt two years to help fund the budget should it be needed, a spokeswoman sa=d. That figure represents the United States' share, she said."

3. A big winner: Al Gore

Trailer for "An Inconvenient Sequel

"Ten years ago, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' the documentar= about Al Gore giving a slideshow presentation about an obscure scientific=issue, became an unlikely blockbuster that sparked a glob=l conversation about the climate crisis."

In a convenient co=ncidence, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Trut= To Power" — trailer her= — hits theaters July 28 (Paramount Pictures, with Partii=ant Media).

A Gore source tells me in an email tha= it now appears Trump has given the film a new ending, and a real sense of=urgency:

People familiar with the project are=pointing to a significant advocacy campaign around the film that will use =he movie, the film's subject and a combination of media and advocacy to mo=ilize people in cities across the country.

Groups like the Sierra Club, the Climate Reality Project and Indivisible, as well=as leaders in the business and investor communities, are joining forces to=make this a summer of action around climate.

"The goal is to help fill the gap left by the Trump administra=ion."

"The unifying theme: If Presid=nt Trump won't lead on this important issue, then the American people will="

P.S., from Th= Wrap's Matt Donnelly: "Filmmakers behind 'An Inconve=ient Sequel' ... ... will update the movie to include Trump's Thursday wit=drawal ... The climax of the film sees Gore riding through the streets of =aris, wheeling and dealing to get people on board for the agreement ahead =f United Nations 2015 Climate Change Conference."

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4. The world stage

Paris City Hall is lit in green following Trump's announcement / AP's Na=ine Achoui-Lesage

N.Y. Times Quote of the Day ...
N.= Times front-page analysis, "Trump =ands the Chinese a Gift: The Chance for Global Leadership," by David S=nger and Jane Perlez: "Trump has managed to turn America First int= America Isolated."

AP analysis by Julie Pace: "Trump's decision ... sends an unmistakable message to the world: America First can mean America Alone."
L.A. Times: Californi= "Gov. Jerry Brown, America's unofficial climate change ambassador in the =rump era, heads to China."

5. Business pans decision

A Greenpeace banner is projected onto the U.S. Embassy in Berlin early t=day / AP's Michael Sohn

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, in his first (and only) tweet: "Today's decision is a setback =or the environment and for the U.S.'s leadership position in the world. #ParisAgreement."

Disney Chairman and CEO Robert Iger tweets: "As a matter of pr=nciple, I've resigned from the President's Council over the #ParisAgreemen= withdrawal."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk t=eets: "Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Lea=ing Paris is not good for America or the world."

Wall Stre=t Journal, "Firms See Little Change After Ex=t": "Many large companies said they wouldn't change course ..= Companies are responding to customer and shareholder demands to reduce gr=enhouse-gas emissions. Many operate in states and countries that are putti=g in place climate rules and thus face pressures beyond the U.S. governmen=.

"Firms are buying natural gas and renewable electri=ity that emit less pollutants because they are becoming cheaper. And many =re making long-term capital investments to reduce their carbon footprints =ith an eye toward future decades, not the current election cycle."
"Paris Exit: Less Than Meets The Eye" �=94 Wall Street Journal "Heard on the Street Column," top of front p=ge under main headline, by Spencer Jakab: "U.S. r=gulations aimed at meeting Paris goals weren't a burden for all. =xxon Mobil, for example, stood to benefit from at least three elements."

6. Trump, in his own words

Trump yesterday / AP's Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Trump spoke in=the Rose Garden for 31 minutes:

The Paris Agreement handicaps the United States economy in o=der to win praise from the very foreign capitals and global activists that=have long sought to gain wealth at our country's expense. They don't put A=erica first. I do, and I always will. (Applause.)

The same nations asking us to stay in =he agreement are the countries that have collectively cost America trillio=s of dollars through tough trade practices and, in many cases, lax contrib=tions to our critical military alliance. You see what's happening. It's pr=tty obvious to those that want to keep an open mind.

At what point does America get dem=aned? At what point do they start laughing at us as a country? We want fai= treatment for its citizens, and we want fair treatment for our taxpayers.=We don't want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. An= they won't be. They won't be.

I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, no= Paris. (Applause.)

7. The future of work

Lazaro Gamio Axios

The opioid epidemic. Stagnating wages. The anti-establi=hment political wave. All are linked to the start of a new industr=al age in which robotics, automation and artificial intelligence =re changing the nature of work, Axios' Chris Matthews writes=

Why it matters: Deaths from opioid use have more tha= quadrupled since 1999, and addiction costs almost $100 billion =nnually — all linked, among other social trends, to stagnating=income and the loss of jobs. Economists also connect unemployment and low =ages with a breakdown of families, including a rise in children born to unmarried m=thers and living in single-parent households.

This is =he beginning of a social, political and economic transformation t=at Axios is tracking as part of a new Future of Work stream and newsletter=

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8. Tweet du jour

That's Don Stewart, deputy chief of s=aff and chief spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

9. Sign of the apocalypse

Data: SocialFlow; Note: Kathy Griffin includes #kathygriffin= #barrontrump, and #CNN'sNewYear'sEve; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon / Axios

10. 1 fun thing

"Girl gets into Yal= after penning essay on Papa John's pizza," by ABC "Good Morn=ng America":

Carolina Will=ams of Brentwood, Tennessee, .... received notes from the ... adm=ssions team that singled out an application essay she wrote about her love=for Papa John's pizza. ... "I think it stood out because it was just very =enuine and reflective of me and it was kind of taking a risk, I guess."

Williams wrote about ordering Papa John's pizza in reply to a 200-words or less essay prom=t to write about what you love to do. ... Williams wrote about how orderin= from the pizza chain gave her independence as a child and was used as bot= a source of consolation and celebration as she grew up.

"As a fellow lover of pizza, I=laughed out loud (then ordered pizza) after reading your application," rea= one note to Williams from Yale's admissions team, while another read, "I =aughed so hard on your pizza essay. I kept thinking that you are the kind =f person that I would love to be best friends with."

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