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"I
am glad that my friend @EmmanuelMacron and the protestors in
Paris have agreed with the conclusion I reached two years ago,"
Trump tweeted late on Tuesday.
"The Paris Agreement is fatally flawed because it raises the
price of energy for responsible countries while whitewashing
some of the worst polluters," said Trump, referring to a global
deal on the environment drafted in Paris in late 2015.
Earlier this week, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe
decided to suspend planned increases to fuel taxes for at least
six months in response to weeks of sometimes violent protests,
marking the first major U-turn by Macron's administration in 18
months in office.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Paul Tait)
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