Score one for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and 21 Senate Republicans. Less than a week after they urged the White House in a public letter to finally pull out of the Paris climate agreement, President Trump has conceded.

At that time, the Washington Examiner characterized the letter as a litmus test of family loyalty that forced Trump to reveal who he trusted more: his daughter Ivanka Trump or the elder statesmen of his party. In this case, Trump has said no to the people he loves.

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