Newsom at UN "Donald Trump is temporary"

Source: Politico

“He wants to bring us back and try to recreate the 20th, maybe even try to recreate the 19th century,” Newsom said. “They’re doubling down on stupid as it relates to climate policy in my country, but not in my state.”


Newsom’s speech to an at-capacity room of local government representatives from around the world came during his first appearance at the annual climate talks, held this year in the Amazonian city of Belém, and underscored his effort to position California — and himself — as a counterweight to the Trump administration’s dismantling of climate policies at home and abroad. The total absence of any federal government officials at the talks only amplified the spotlight on Newsom, who was by default the highest-ranking government official from the U.S. there.


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