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U.S. NEWS Saturday 27 May 2017
Trump ‘evolving’ on climate action, pressured by Europeans

Continued from Front assert that Trump would
make his decisions based
“He feels much more “on what’s best for the
knowledgeable on the American people,” hewing
topic today,” Cohn said. to the “America First” poli-
“He came here to learn, he cy that energized the presi-
came here to get smarter.” dent’s supporters during
While those comments last year’s election cam-
were remarkable given paign. Nearly 200 countries
Trump’s fierce criticism of are part of the Paris ac-
the Paris deal as a can- cord, and each sets its own
didate, they were also in emissions targets, which
keeping with his emerg- are not legally binding. The
ing pattern as president. U.S. has pledged to reduce
A novice in international its annual greenhouse gas
affairs, Trump has been sur- emissions in 2025 by 26 to
prisingly candid about the 28 percent below 2005 lev-
impact his conversations els, which would be a re-
with world leaders have duction of about 1.6 billion
had in shaping his views on tons of annual emissions.
numerous issues. The Trump administration
He backed away from has argued that the U.S.
his tough campaign talk standards are tougher than
about trade with China German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with President Donald Trump during a family photo with those set by China and
G7 leaders at the Ancient Greek Theater of Taormina, during the G7 Summit, Friday, May 26, 2017,
after a summit with Presi- in Taormina, Italy. From left, European Council President Donald Tusk, Canadian Prime Minister others, and therefore have
dent Xi Jinping. And he Justin Trudeau, Merkel, and Trump. put American businesses at
abandoned his criticism (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) a disadvantage.q
of Saudi Arabia’s human reporters that Trump was
rights record following his struck by “how important
warm welcome in the des- it is for the United States to
ert kingdom this week. show leadership” and how
On Friday, G-7 leaders ap- even in massive interna-
peared to take a page tional agreements, there’s
out of the playbook other “a big gap when you take
countries have followed, the biggest economy out.”
emphasizing America’s White House National Se-
unrivaled influence on the curity Adviser H.R. McMas-
world stage. Cohn told ter quickly jumped in to

If FBI, congress want to talk with

Kushner, lawyer says he’s ready

Continued from Front over his foreign business
ties and was interviewed
The White House in March by the FBI in January about
confirmed that Kushner his contacts with Kislyak.
and Michael Flynn, the “If there is an investigation
ousted national security on anybody, would other
adviser, met with Sergey folks around that person
Kislyak, the Russian ambas- be of interest to the FBI as
sador to the United States, far as being interviewed?
at Trump Tower in Decem- The answer to that is a big
ber for what one official yes,” said former FBI agent
called a brief courtesy Jim Treacy, who did two
meeting. tours in Moscow as the FBI’s
Flynn was pushed out of legal attache.”
the White House in Febru- “If the FBI wants to speak
ary after officials said he with someone, it’s not nec-
misled Vice President Mike essarily an indication of in-
Pence about whether he volvement or complicity,
and the ambassador had Treacy said.
discussed U.S. sanctions “Really, being spoken to,
against Russia in a phone does not confer a target
call. status on the individual,”
Sally Yates, the former act- he said.
ing attorney general, told Investigators are also inter-
Congress this month that ested in a meeting Kush-
that deception left Flynn ner had with the Russian
vulnerable to being black- banker, Sergey Gorkov,
mailed by the Russians. according to reports from
Flynn remains under fed- The Washington Post and
eral investigation in Virginia NBC News.q