“We need to get out of Paris,” Pruitt said, handing the president a plain sheet of paper he wanted him to read withdrawing from the Paris Accord. We need to get out, he said. “This was a campaign commitment.” “Yes, yes, yes,” Bannon said several times. “We’ve got to do this now.” Make this statement, Pruitt said. This could be your press statement. Maybe read it to reporters in the Oval Office, and have the press secretary put it out as a written statement. Porter was taken aback. As staff secretary he knew there had been no process. No one had been consulted. There had been no legal review.
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