Donald Trump warned not to pull out of Paris climate agreement -- by the CEO of oil giant Exxon Mobil

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : Meanwhile, Trump, a climate change skeptic, argued rising sea levels was a good thing, since it meant "more oceanfront property".
45% : Two years after Obama first helped pave the way for the Paris Accords, which seek to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, Trump led the country out of the agreement.
42% : Exxon Mobil has a unique and at times uncomfortable relationship with Trump: Woods got his job as CEO after predecessor Rex Tillerson was picked to serve as the incoming president's secretary of state.
42% : Tillerson spent only 13 months as secretary of state before being pushed out by Trump.
42% : Accelerating the transition to clean energy was no longer urgent when viewed against the greater priority of reinstalling Trump in the Oval Office.
39% : One possible impediment to another pendulum swing is Trump benefactor Elon Musk, who could potentially use his newfound influence to urge Trump not to follow through on leaving the Paris Accords.
29% : In 2017, the Tesla CEO withdrew from all presidential advisory councils after Trump announced his administration's decision to pull out of Paris earlier that same day, with Musk blasting "climate change is real".
28% : Trump did not address the destruction of existing oceanfront real estate by rising sea levels.
25% : Trump has promised to "drill, baby, drill", but this constant backtracking on agreed policy has made it difficult for companies with long term investment horizons that can end up stuck with stranded assets -- such as oil companies.
24% : If Trump once again pulls the U.S. out of Paris, it will have marked the fourth straight administration with diametrically opposed energy and climate policies.
24% : In August, while campaigning for Trump, Musk trivialized the issue of climate change and argued there was no need at all for society to make hard choices since things would naturally work out on their own more or less.

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