The climate president in waiting

Politico ^ | 11/12/2025 05:55 AM EST | Camille von Kaenel

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The world wants an American climate leader, and Gavin Newsom is happy to play the part — even if the country he represents isn’t quite ready to follow.

BELÉM, Brazil — Gavin Newsom can’t get out of a meeting or a talk at the international climate talks here without being swarmed by reporters and diplomats eager for a quote, a handshake, a photo.

On a tour Tuesday of a cultural center with Gov. Helder Barbalho, the leader of the Brazilian state hosting the talks, a passerby recognized them both. “There’s the governor,” he exclaimed. “And there’s the California governor.” Later in the day, as Newsom rode up an escalator packed with reporters and international officials on his way to deliver a speech, a bystander shouted: “The escalator’s not broken for you!” — a dig at President Donald Trump, who once had an escalator malfunction on him at the United Nations.

Newsom grinned wide: “Oh, I like that.”

The adulation was gold for a governor with presidential aspirations as he steps into a power vacuum. The Trump administration is trying to dismantle climate policies both at home and abroad, and other likely Democratic presidential contenders are absent from the United Nations climate talks. Seeing a chance to plant his green flag on an international stage, Newsom is embracing the role of climate champion as his own party backs away at home and the politics of the issue shift rightward.

It’s a role fitting Newsom’s instincts: anti-Trump, pro-environment and pro-technology, and with a political antenna for the upside of picking fights, finding opportunity in defiance.

“We’re at peak influence because of the flatness of the surrounding terrain with the Trump administration and all the anxiety,” he told POLITICO from the sidelines of a green investor conference in Brazil on Monday.

Newsom’s profile has never been higher. Just...

[Lizavetta]

He presents as quite possibly the most inauthentic politician I’ve ever seen. Every time he opens his piehole his whole performance (and that’s what it is) is fake emoting, voice inflections, gestures. HE’S ACTING and gives zero Fs about anybody but Gavin.

[Paladin2]

Climate Change is OVER.

The AI data centers need Nukes.

[Regulator]

Gettin’ set for a 4 day rain storm here in NorCal.

‘Nother big winter coming up after 3 in a row.

All the ClimaTards told us there’d be no rain ever again by this time.

And Newscum is so stoopid, he can’t get off the meme...it’s old and stale now.

Like his hair.

[Texas Eagle]

Sheeeeeyit. They just took 100,000 trees to make room for the climate conference. THAT’S how much they care about the environment.

[doc maverick]

And of course he’s blaming California fires on the climate change hoax.
Newscum is DOA for 2028 because no one can stomach his horse manure, grifting and erratic arm waving anymore.

[FreeperCell]

We don’t need no stinkin American climate leader.

[iamgalt]

“The world wants an American climate leader, and Gavin Newsom is happy to play the part“

Ugh absolutely nausiating

[norcal joe]

Here's the writer of this crap article.

[bk1000]

Nobody wants Newsome.

[Valpal1]

“The world wants an American climate leader”

Lol, no it doesn’t, it wants a goober like Newsome so they can grift more American wealth and bleed US dry.

[TigersEye]

Yep, he really cares about the environment ...

Outrage as Amazon Rainforest is cleared of 100,000 trees to make way for climate summit

[wac3rd]

Brainwashed Commie.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Tell that to the families of the 13 people he murdered in pacific palisades and I will keep on saying this til someone listens

[LegendHasIt]

"The world wants"

Screw 'the world'.

[Frank Drebin]

Then let the world elect him as their leader. America won’t.

[Bob434]

[[The world wants an American climate leader]]

Sadly that is probably the truth as the aorld has been deceived into thinking that the us is one of the biggest violators (despite the FACT thzt we are one of the nations with the most stringent controls). The media have succeeded in deceivi ng the world into beleivi ng thst if the us would just jump on board the climate train tthe world would be saved.

Satan has succeeded in convincing the world that we are the great satan, and everything is our fault. They hzve bought into the lie. They think there is something thst needs fixing, but that ghe great satan, ie the us, refuses to fix it. Both are a lie of globsl proportions!

[JPG]

Keep that hair away from any open flame, or, POOF!

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[BookmanTheJanitor]

"climate president"