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Gavin Newsom: This idea that somehow we can put up walls, we can put up barriers, we could put up tariffs, we put up our middle…

On the recordNovember 11, 2025
This idea that somehow we can put up walls, we can put up barriers, we could put up tariffs, we put up our middle fingers and just turn our back is lunacy.
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Gavin Newsom
Democratic · California
Source
theguardian.com
Nov 11, 2025

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Discussing the implications of the US absence from climate negotiations.

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