California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump. Read full article

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So did Gavin fly commercial or private and how much CO2 did that virtue signaling photo op cost? German leader Merz did likewise and then made some really condescending comments about Belem ( https://www.dw.com/en/germany-chancellor-friedrich-merz-brazil-belem-comments/a-74803781 ). It reminds me of deGaulle's infamous quip that Brazil is not a serious country. Lula, to his credit, responded with humor and I must respond, yes, I for one, have no problem staying in the great nation of Brazil and, more to the point, in my more boisterous years, I danced in Belem's bars and enjoyed fish stew with jambu
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