Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Trump ya yi alkawarin a cikin jawabinsa na Mayu 2016 game da manufofin makamashi don "soke yarjejeniyar sauyin yanayi ta Paris" da aka amince a taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Canjin Yanayi na 2015
(wanda ƙasashe 170 suka yi alƙawarin rage fitar da iskar carbon). Trump ya yi alƙawarin soke yarjejeniyar a cikin kwanaki ɗari na farko a ofis. Wannan alƙawarin ya biyo bayan bayanan da Trump ya yi a baya, inda ya ce a matsayin shugaban kasa, zai "aƙalla" nemi sake tattauna yarjejeniyar kuma "a mafi yawan zan iya yin wani abu dabam". Trump ya bayyana Yarjejeniyar Paris a matsayin "daya-daya" da "mara kyau ga Amurka", yana mai imanin cewa yarjejeniyar ta fi dacewa da China da sauran ƙasashe. A cikin jawabinsa na Mayu 2016, Trump ya faɗi ba daidai ba cewa Yarjejeniyar Paris "ta ba da iko ga jami'an gwamnati na ƙasashen waje kan yawan kuzarin da muke amfani da shi a ƙasarmu, a cikin ƙasarmu"; a zahiri, Yarjejeniyar Paris ta dogara ne akan alkawuran gwamnati na son rai, kuma babu wata ƙasa da ke sarrafa shirin rage fitar da hayaki na wata ƙasa.