Huckabee on Trump priorities: ‘A beheading is still worse than a sunburn’
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) touted President Trump’s priorities as combatting terrorism ahead of addressing climate change on Sunday by saying, “a beheading is worse than a sunburn.”
“I think Donald Trump’s on the right track,” Huckabee told “Fox and Friends.”
“The climate he’s trying to change is the climate of terrorism because he knows that a beheading is still worse than a sunburn.”
Huckabee’s comments come as President Trump prepares to announce his final decision on the Paris climate accords this week.
I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!
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The president has reportedly privately told multiple people, including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, that he is planning on removing the U.S. from the agreement, according to Axios.
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Trump was the only member of the Group of Seven (G7) not to take part in a pledge in support of the 195-nation climate deal.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel slammed Trump Sunday saying climate talks with him were “unsatisfying” and that Germany could not “completely depend” on the U.S. as a reliable partner.
Huckabee defended Trump’s stance on the Paris accords and other multilateral agreements, saying the deals “always put a greater burden on the United States than anybody else.”
“We’re not even the main polluters,” the former presidential candidate continued.
“We’ve done a lot to clean up this country. And we’re not putting out the kind of pollution that we were once were. Everybody wants a good environment,” he said.
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