California Governor Newsom said at the Munich Security Conference: "Trump is a wholly-owned subsidiary of oil and coal companies... After receiving donations from coal bosses, he immediately canceled the 'coal mine shutdown' policy... He completely denied climate change to dig more oil, even foolishly banning the EPA from setting relevant regulations."
This was an intense criticism by California Governor Newsom (Gavin Newsom) of the Trump administration's climate policy at the 2026 Munich Security Conference. This was the first time that such a strong public criticism of Trump's climate policy was made in an international forum.
The day before Newsom's speech (February 12), Trump and the EPA administrator officially announced the repeal of the 2009 "Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding," a law that had been the legal cornerstone for federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA called this move "the largest deregulation action in American history."
At this Munich Security Conference, Newsom not only criticized Trump's policies but also directly called on the international community to look to the future. He told the attending leaders: "Donald Trump is temporary, he will be out of office in three years," aiming to emphasize that Trump's policies are not the permanent will of the United States.
At the same time, it implied that he would run in the 2028 election and was confident of victory, aiming to send a message to European countries.
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