Overview
- Speaking in Belém, Gavin Newsom said he was stunned that seven Democrats and independent Angus King joined Republicans to pass a bill reopening the government, calling the move a surrender that failed to secure longer-term priorities.
- Newsom told the Associated Press that the United States is "doubling down on stupid" by skipping COP30 and warned that Trump-era rollbacks risk ceding green manufacturing and energy leadership to China.
- The White House responded through spokesperson Taylor Rogers, mocking Newsom’s trip and labeling his agenda a "Green New Scam" while pointing to California’s high energy prices.
- There is no official U.S. federal delegation at COP30, with governors and mayors filling the gap as Newsom meets international officials and appears in roles tied to America Is All In and the U.S. Climate Alliance.
- Newsom vowed that California would compete aggressively in clean technologies and portrayed the state’s market scale and climate policies as a counterweight to Trump’s reversal of federal climate measures.