California Governor Gavin Newsom was one of the 2028 Democratic hopefuls in Munich this week for the security conference. Naturally, he used the opportunity to bash Trump, mostly on his climate policies.
He also told people there that they can basically wait out Trump’s presidency. This is interesting because many leaders in higher education are clearly taking this approach. It’s also funny because Newsom is admitting that Trump will leave office at the end of his second term, despite all of the ‘dictator’ hysteria from other members of his party.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM: Donald Trump is doubling down on stupid.California has been a leader in climate policy going back to Ronald Reagan. In 1967, Governor Ronald Reagan established the first tailpipe emissions standards in the United States of America and created the California Air Resources Board. Three years later, a president by the name of Richard Nixon — another Republican — codified California’s leadership under the Clean Air Act.Never in the history of the United States of America has there been a more destructive president than the current occupant in the White House in Washington, D.C. He’s trying to recreate the 19th century. He’s a wholly owned subsidiary of big oil, gas, and coal. He’s quite literally reopening coal plants in the United States of America.He’s received close to half a billion dollars in campaign contributions. He asked for $1 billion — look it up — in return for basically eliminating all regulations in the United States of America. De facto, he just did that yesterday with federal regulations and the endangerment finding.It is code red in terms of American leadership in this space — low-carbon, green growth — and I know a thing or two about this. I represent the fourth-largest economy, from a GDP perspective, in the world, and we ran the fourth-largest economy last year nine out of ten days on 100% clean energy — two-thirds renewable energy…Final word. I hope, if there’s nothing else I can communicate today: Donald Trump is temporary. He’ll be gone in three years. California is a stable and reliable partner in this space, and it’s important for folks to understand the temporary nature of this current administration in relationship to the issue of climate change and climate policy.
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Leave it to him to praise China’s climate policies.
This is nothing more than Newsom auditioning for president. His desire for the role couldn’t be more obvious.
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