[yoe]

( Trump’s brief separation from the foreign leaders) ahead of the photo op comes shortly after he refused to take part in a pledge supporting the Paris climate deal. The U.S. was the only country represented at the summit that did not sign the deal on Saturday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was a “very intense meeting” where all six other nations “made it clear that we want the U.S. to stick to its commitments.”

[yoe]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruined her nation...she is a politician... climate change is politics...I trust this President to do as those who elected him, asked him to do.