Trump Doesn’t Attend the G7 Climate Session, Has Meetings With India and Germany

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel as G7 leaders and guests gather for a family picture in front of the Biarritz lighthouse on the second day of the annual G7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25, 2019. Andrew Parsons - Pool/Getty Images

President Donald Trump did not attend the G7 climate change session on Aug. 26.

Stephanie Grisham, a White House spokeswoman, when asked why Trump didn’t attend, said that he instead had meetings with other world leaders.