When he withdrew from the Paris Agreement on June 1, President Donald Trump managed to alienate a number of America’s closest allies. While the recent G-7 summit yielded mixed reactions among European leaders, this withdrawal resulted in leaders of Europe and the rest of the world choosing to bypass the U.S. government on climate change in the future. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, backed by most of the European Union, flatly refused to renegotiate the Paris Agreement to better fit American… Read more