California Gov. Gavin Newsom will take his Trump-trolling game to Belém, Brazil next week as the most prominent official to represent the U.S. at the COP30 international climate change talks.

President Trump has oft dismissed climate change as a hoax or a “ con job ” and is not sending representatives to the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference , which runs from Nov. 10 through 21. He has withdrawn the U.S. from international climate pacts and pledged allegiance to fossil fuels.

Newsom is stepping in to fill the void, compelled by “the complete abdication of the Trump administration that is joining the Saudis and Russia and the Gulf states,” he told Politico on Wednesday, referring to the president’s “ drill baby drill ” ethos embracing fossil fuel production.

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