Donald Trump has reportedly told multiple people in private that he has decided to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement

President Donald Trump has reportedly told multiple people in private that he will withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement.

Though Trump has publicly said he has not yet made up his mind, Axios reports he has privately told several people of his decision, including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

The outlet spoke with three sources who confirmed the information, though Trump has been known to change his mind at the last minute.

Trump tweeted Saturday morning to say he would announce his 'final decision' on whether or not the US will stay in the Paris agreement next week despite coming under intense pressure from world leaders at the G7 in Sicily.

'I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!' he wrote.

The president earlier declined to comment about the accord, as he refused to give into intense international pressure.

Within the Environmental Protection Agency, staffers are quieting down on public lobbying and Pruitt will have fewer television appearances about the issue so that the withdrawal will be 'the President's victory', according to Axios.

There are also concerns within the EPA that Trump could be influenced by the pressures he received overseas, according to the outlet.

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Trump has privately told Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, pictured, about his plans to withdraw the US from the Paris deal, according to reports

Front row, L-R: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Guinea's President Alpha Conde, US President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, French President Emmanuel Macron and Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou pose for a family photo with other participants of the G7 summit

The EPA is quieting their public lobbying and Pruitt, pictured, will hold off on television appearances concerning the deal so that the withdrawal will be seen as 'the President's victory', according to Axios

Earlier Saturday, the other members of the G7 voted to abide by the Paris climate agreement, according to a person familiar with the talks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter before the formal announcement.

The leaders attempted to convince Trump for three days - first in Brussels at meetings of NATO and the European Union, then in Sicily for G7, but the former reality television host left Italy without making clear where he stands.

Under the G7 agreement, the Trump administration will be given more time to consider whether it will remain committed to the 2015 Paris deal to rein in greenhouse gas emissions.

Backing out of the climate accord had been a central plank of Trump's campaign and aides have been exploring whether they can adjust the framework of the deal even if they do not opt out entirely.

Trump gestures while being flanked by Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi, left, and Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou

Donald Trump, fourth left, speaks during a round table meeting of G7 leaders and Outreach partners

Trump tweeted his plans to announce his decision regarding the agreement, which is designed to combat climate change, next week

Other G7 nations leaned heavily on Trump to stay in the climate deal, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying 'we put forward very many arguments.'

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who chaired the meeting, was much stronger in his statement, saying the other six: 'won't change our position on climate change one millimeter. The U.S. hasn't decided yet. I hope they decide in the right way.'

French President Emmanuel Macron told Trump it is 'indispensable for the reputation of the United States and the interest of the Americans themselves that the United States remain committed' to the Paris climate agreement.

However Trump was said to be reluctant to compromise with European leaders over several key issues that prompted European council president, Donald Tusk, to admit that the meeting would be the most challenging in years on Friday.

A draft statement from the summit, seen by the Guardian, showed Trump wanted world leaders to make little mention of migration and that he wanted a plan by the Italian hosts for a comprehensive five-page statement that acknowledges migrants' rights to be thrown out.

The Italian plans – one on human movement and another on food security – were set to be the centerpiece of its summit diplomacy.

Italy had chosen Taormina in Sicily as the venue of the meeting to symbolize the world's concern over the plight of refugees coming from the Middle East and Africa.

Saturday marks the last leg of Trump's European tour. He is pictured with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi, second from left, and Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou

Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrive for a G7 family photo in the Sicilian town of Taormina, Italy, on Saturday, May 27

In addition to casting doubts on migrants, Trump told his fellow G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan on Friday that he had not yet decided whether or not to endorse the Paris agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

'His basis for decision ultimately will be what's best for the United States,' top economic adviser Gary Cohn said at the annual talks in Sicily.

Cohn was referring to whether Trump will execute his threat to walk away from the Paris accord on combating climate change.

But his language also summarizes the 'America First' platform that dominated his election rhetoric.

The leaders had better luck finding agreement on the other problematic topic at the summit, trade. They restored a vow to fight protectionism - the use of import taxes and skewed regulations that favor domestic producers over their foreign competitors.

The no-protectionism pledge had been a part of previous G7 statements but was omitted after a meeting of the group's finance ministers' earlier this month in Bari, Italy.

This time the G7 leaders reiterated a 'commitment to keep our markets open and to fight protectionism.'

The Trump administration has argued that trade must be balanced and fair as well as free.

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (centre) with Lagarde and Trudeau as they attend a round table meeting of G7 leaders and Outreach partners at the Hotel San Domenico

French President Emmanuel Macron (right) speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Christine Lagarde (center)

WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF TRUMP BACKS OUT OF PARIS DEAL? Earth is likely to reach more dangerous levels of warming even sooner if the US retreats from its pledge to cut carbon dioxide pollution, scientists said. That's because America contributes so much to rising temperatures. More than two dozen climate scientists analyzed and studied a special computer model scenario designed to calculate the potential effects of Trump pulling out of Paris. Scientists said it would worsen an already bad problem and make it far more difficult to prevent crossing a dangerous global temperature threshold. Calculations suggest it could result in emissions of up to 3 billion tons of additional carbon dioxide in the air a year. When it adds up year after year, scientists said that is enough to melt ice sheets faster, raise seas higher and trigger more extreme weather. 'If we lag, the noose tightens,' Princeton University climate scientist and co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal, Climatic Change, Michael Oppenheimer said. One expert group ran a worst-case computer simulation of what would happen if the US does not curb emissions, but other nations do meet their targets. It found that America would add as much as half a degree of warming (0.3 degrees Celsius) to the globe by the end of century. Scientists are split on how reasonable and likely that scenario is. Many said because of cheap natural gas that displaces coal and growing adoption of renewable energy sources, it is unlikely the US would stop reducing its carbon pollution even if it abandoned the accord, so the effect would likely be smaller. Others say it could be worse because other countries might follow a US exit, leading to more emissions across the board. While scientists may disagree on the computer simulations they overwhelmingly agreed that the warming the planet is undergoing now would be faster and more intense. Advertisement

Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said the US reserves the right to be protectionist if trade arrangements are unfair to American companies and workers.

Trump's position appeared to be addressed by new language in the final G7 accord that said the member countries would be: 'standing firm against all unfair trade practices.'

It comes after he said in Brussels this week the Germans are 'bad, very bad' in their trade practices.

But the club of leading democracies also looks set to fall short of last year's declaration on refugees and migration - the sort of language that is anathema to a White House that wants to impose a ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries.

It is a measure of the gulf that this year's Italian hosts say they expect the final statement to come in at just six pages when it is released on Saturday afternoon - down from 32 pages last year.

The summit did find common ground on Friday in endorsing a British call urging internet service providers and social media companies to crack down on jihadist content online, after 22 people were killed in a Manchester concert bombing in northwest England this week.

The G7, urged on by Japan, will also adopt common language against North Korea after a series of missile tests by the nuclear-armed nation.

The leaders have been wrangling on the wording of a final communique since Friday with international trade and climate change the main stumbling blocks.

Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with the President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou as they attend a round table meeting of G7 leaders and Outreach partners