In 2016, 166 countries including the United States entered into an agreement to take certain steps to attempt to deal with the problem of climate change and global warming. Shortly after becoming President, Donald Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the Agreement. Shortly after that announcement, several mayors and governors announced that they in their cities and states would continue to abide by the terms of the Agreement, even if the United States did not.

Regardless of what you think about climate change, what do you think caused the United States to announce its intent to withdraw from the Agreement? Do you think it is proper for mayors and governors to honor an Agreement with other nations, when the President has said that the country won't?