Trump Says Skipping UN Climate Summit Isn't Meant as Snub
President Donald Trump said his absence from a United Nations climate summit isn’t intended as a snub and pointed out that he’s being briefed on catastrophic flooding in the Houston area.
“It’s not a snub at all. I’m very busy, I’m going on flights today,” Trump said Sunday as he departed the White House for events in Texas and Ohio (while the U.N. convenes). “The floods are very important to me, and uh, climate change too -- everything is very important.” Trump is skipping the summit on Monday and has worked to roll back restrictions on everything from vehicle to power plant emissions.
Instead of attending the session on climate change, President Trump will chair his own session at the U.N. on ‘religious freedom around the world’. A Trump administration spokesperson said “Religious freedom is a top priority of the president.”
Government leaders dominate the agenda at the climate summit, meetings that will bring about 200 prime ministers and presidents to New York. Trump, the ‘leader of the free world’, will be noticable absent.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-22/trump-says-skipping-un-climate-summit-isn-t-meant-as-snub?srnd=politics-vp
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