President Trump skipped a session devoted to climate change at the G7 summit, a snub aides wrote off as a scheduling conflict
As other leaders were taking their seats around a large round table, the chair reserved for Trump sat empty. The summit's host, French President Emmanuel Macron, gaveled the meeting to order anyway and launched into an explanation of a wrist watch made from recycled plastic.Later, the White House said Trump's schedule prevented his attendance.
He urged reporters not to read too much into Trump's decision to skip the session, insisting the US is aligned with the rest of the G7 on issues of biodiversity and combating fires in the Amazon rainforest.Trump's rocky weekend includes ups and downs in China trade warStill, Macron acknowledged Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord -- a move that angered European nations, who remain part of the pact.
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