California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized President Trump at COP30 on Tuesday for being absent from the UN summit in Belém, Brazil, and called his rejection of climate policy an "abomination."

The big picture: Newsom, who's expected to run for president in 2028, said during a ministerial meeting that he's "very mindful that the Trump administration has abandoned any sense of duty, responsibility or leadership as it relates to the issues that bring us all here together" at COP30. • Trump has called climate change the "greatest con job ever perpetrated," and Newsom is the most senior U.S. politician at COP30 with the president and other senior administration officials absent from the key climate conference.

What he's saying: Newsom said he's attending the summit because he doesn't want

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