Trump could rally GOP, reward voters with Paris Agreement exit

By David M. Drucker, Sarah Bedford

Published June 1, 2017 4:01am ET

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If President Trump announces Thursday that he has decided to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the move would likely enjoy broad support among Republican voters.

Pulling out of the climate accord would also be seen as a reward to “Trump country”: voters in industrial states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin or rural areas where environmental regulations are viewed as economically harmful.

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