--- ---  # 'Stay Tuned': Why President Trump Keeps Us in Suspense by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 1, 2017 9:26 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump pledged on the campaign trail to withdraw from the accord, which former President Barack Obama and the leaders of 194 other countries signed in 2015\. The agreement is intended to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming to a manageable level. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision for the United States to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump pledged on the campaign trail to withdraw from the accord, which former President Barack Obama and the leaders of 194 other countries signed in 2015\. The agreement is intended to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming to a manageable level. Chip Somodevilla—Getty ImagesChip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 1, 2017 9:26 PM UTC President Trump loves to keep us in suspense. The long-teased decision on [withdrawing](http://time.com/4801344/paris-agreement-climate-deal-donald-trump/) from the [Paris Agreement](http://time.com/4801134/paris-agreement-withdrawal-donald-trump-rose-garden/) on [climate change](http://time.com/4802303/president-donald-trump-france-germany-italy-paris-climate-accord-agreement/) Thursday was just the latest time that the President has built attention for an announcement. Here’s a closer look at how—and why—he does it. Paris Agreement: How Donald Trump Keeps Us in Suspense ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4802353/paris-agreement-donald-trump-suspense/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4802353/paris-agreement-donald-trump-suspense/"},"headline":"'Stay Tuned': Why President Trump Keeps Us in Suspense","datePublished":"2017-06-01T21:26:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:13:42.898Z","description":"President Trump loves to keep us in suspense.","url":"https://time.com/4802353/paris-agreement-donald-trump-suspense/","keywords":["Donald Trump","climate change","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd186c69a1aebd112/6988cfd497cdff51f46b0fa0/gettyimages-691259814.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd186c69a1aebd112/6988cfd497cdff51f46b0fa0/gettyimages-691259814.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Donald Trump Makes Statement On Paris Climate Agreement","caption":"President Donald Trump Makes Statement On Paris Climate Agreement","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4802353/paris-agreement-donald-trump-suspense/","name":"'Stay Tuned': Why President Trump Keeps Us in Suspense"}}]}] ```