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http://ift.tt/2qTKebj US President Donald Trump signs bills in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on June 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. The bills dealt with benefits for fallen law enforcement officers.<br />Brendan Smialowski / AFP By exiting the Paris climate agreement, President Donald Trump says he sought to escape an economic straitjacket that would hinder him from making good on his populist campaign promises and pro-growth agenda. Elected in no small part thanks to voters in “rust belt” industrial and mining states, Trump pledged as a candidate to breathe new life into traditional sectors like auto manufacturing, steel and coal mining. He also sought to promote US oil and gas production, which has boomed thanks to the rise of hydraulic fracturing in shale. It was no accident that Trump in his announcement Thursday said he had been elected to represent the “citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris” That city in Pennsylvania — a state which went narrowly for...

http://ift.tt/2qTKebj US President Donald Trump signs bills in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on June 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. The bills dealt with benefits for fallen law enforcement officers.<br />Brendan Smialowski / AFP By exiting the Paris climate agreement, President Donald Trump says he sought to escape an economic straitjacket that would hinder him from making good on his populist campaign promises and pro-growth agenda. Elected in no small part thanks to voters in “rust belt” industrial and mining states, Trump pledged as a candidate to breathe new life into traditional sectors like auto manufacturing, steel and coal mining. He also sought to promote US oil and gas production, which has boomed thanks to the rise of hydraulic fracturing in shale. It was no accident that Trump in his announcement Thursday said he had been elected to represent the “citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris” That city in Pennsylvania — a state which went narrowly for...