Chris Mooney reports: “The meeting in Bonn, Germany, represents the first of two gatherings this week where international partners will pressure the increasingly recalcitrant United States to affirm its role in the agreement of more than 190 nations."

White House officials are slated to meet today to further discuss the fate of the deal: "In recent days, White House officials have taken an apparent turn away from remaining ... with several administration officials arguing that the accord binds the Trump administration to the ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goal promised by the Obama administration, or something even stronger. That interpretation is contested by many legal experts, however, as well as participants in past international climate negotiations."

"A wave of international and domestic lobbying has intensified, with foreign allies and many corporationsa conversation about his support of Trump … During the chat, Mercer said the U.S. had started going in the wrong direction ‘after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s,’ according to the complaint.” Magerman says his relationship with the family became increasingly hostile, and alleges that Mercer’s daughter and former Trump transition staffer Rebekah Mercer called him 'pond scum' at a celebrity poker tournament. The confrontation 'just shows the hostility that the Mercers had toward Mr. Magerman because he dared to challenge their political views,' his lawyer said in a phone call on Monday."

-- White House sources tell Bloomberg’s Eli Lake that Trump is growing increasingly disillusioned with H.R. McMaster as national security adviser: “This professional military officer has failed to read the president