White House starts planning G-7 agenda

Mulvaney: Climate is out, world needs to ‘get on board’

WASHINGTON — Get on board, world.

That’s the message from the White House as it starts shaping plans for next year’s Group of Seven summit in Florida.

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney this week outlined the priorities the administration would like America’s strongest allies to consider — and adopt — when the U.S. hosts three days of meetings next June. As the host, the U.S. gets to dictate the summit’s focus.

Rolling back government regulation is in. So is energy production. Russian President Vladimir Putin could be, as well. Climate change is most definitely out.

Mulvaney said Thursday that the U.S. plan for the summit would involve “taking a lot of what we have been doing here domestically with such success and trying to encourage the rest of the world to get on board.”

Mulvaney spoke about the administration’s priorities, while announcing next year’s location for the G-7 — Trump’s golf resort near Miami. The choice of a Trump property caused a stir with government watchdog groups and some Democratic lawmakers.

Leaders from France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Great Britain and Germany are already raising concerns that climate change will be left out at the meeting.

“I really think that the responsibility of the most powerful states around the world is to address the issues that are a matter of concern for our population,” French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said. “First matter of concern for our population, be it the U.S. or Europe, is climate change.