US ready to ‘drop climate change deal’

DONALD Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, defying almost every other country’s policy on climate change.

Two senior US officials, familiar with the President’s plans, are reported to be claiming that he will honour his election pledge.

The departure of the States, the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas polluter, will not end the 195-nation pact. But countries that reluctantly signed could ease their commitments on pollution.

Trump, who argues the global plan harms the US economy and job