Story highlights Trump tweets that Paris accord decision will happen next week

US opted not to sign climate pledge in G7 communique

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump said Saturday he will make a decision next week on whether the United States will withdraw from the landmark Paris climate accord. The President teased his decision about the hotly debated topic in a tweet early Saturday morning Eastern time during the final leg of his first presidential trip abroad.

Trump met with world leaders this week at the G7 Summit in Sicily where many set out to lobby the US president over staying committed to the climate agreement.

However, in the official dispatch from the G7, which all countries typically sign onto, the US did not join the climate section of the communique. The document stated while the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom and the presidents of the European Council and of the European Commission are reaffirming their commitment to the Paris agreement, the US "is in the process of reviewing its policies on climate change and on the Paris Agreement and thus is not in a position to join the consensus on these topics."

Trump, who ran for president vowing to rip up the agreement, listened carefully to his new counterparts and is "evolving" on the issue, according to a top aide.

The rift is one of several emerging disagreements between Trump and other world leaders. Differences over trade and Russia have also arisen in talks.

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