We meant "Paris climate agreement." And this is a big deal.
| |  |  | | with Josh Hafner | | Let's acknowledge it up top: Covfefe. Covfefe, covfefe, covfefe. | | President Trump's weird midnight tweet lit the Internet aflame early Wednesday, spawning endless musings about the president's unruly online habits. | | Many presumed Trump just misspelled "coverage." But then Sean Spicer came out and claimed, in a serious tone, that "the president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant." He refused to state that his boss made a typo. The press erupted in laughter. | | Among our many questions: So why did Trump later delete the tweet? Who, out of Trump's 31 million followers, is this "small group" Trump intended it for? How long can Sean Spicer be trotted out amid a Trump fiasco to state something so seemingly contrary to reality? | | Also on Wednesday: A House panel subpoenaed Michael Flynn and Trump's attorney, and Trump considered pulling out of the critical Paris climate agreement. | | It's OnPolitics Today, the new daily politics roundup from USA TODAY. Subscribe here. | | Subpoenas for Flynn and Cohen | | The House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday issued subpoenas for Michael Flynn, the former security adviser tied to many of Trump's Russia-related headaches, as well as Michael Cohen, Trump's personal attorney. The panel wants testimonies from them, along with documents and business records, and the subpoenas signal a "a ramped-up and expanding investigation in Congress ," as Erin Kelly and Kevin Johnson report. Sure, Robert Mueller might have his own FBI probe into Trump's Russia ties, but this shows that lawmakers aren't giving up their own inquiry, either. | | Flynn rejected a subpoena earlier this month from a Senate panel, invoking the Fifth Amendment. | | Trump's withdrawal from the climate deal could bring disastrous consequences for our diplomacy, earth | | Trump said Wednesday that he would decide "very soon" whether he would pull out of the Paris climate agreement, a pact between 195 nations to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Trump is expected to back out - an act he promised on the campaign trail - but doing so would make the U.S. one of just three nations to decline the deal. Heck, even North Korea ratified it, along with nations such as Iraq, Yemen and Iran. | | A U.S. withdrawal would be complicated and carry diplomatic consequences with major signees such as Europe and China. But the decision from Trump, who once called global warming a Chinese hoax, could quicken the dangerous levels of warming on earth. | | Two dozen climate change scientists warned that an unrestrained America would pump out enough carbon pollution to melt ice sheets, raise seas, and cause catastrophic weather in ways not currently predicted. | | Elsewhere in politics: | | | | | MOST SHARED STORIES FROM USA TODAY | | | | | | | | | | | | | FOLLOW US
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