meetings and bilateral so a senior member of the administration attended his in stead, but trump did make time to make a pitch for the next g7 meeting to be held at his dural golf course. want to know what this president's interested in? all you have to do is listen to him. if he cares, he says so. if he doesn't, he doesn't even show up. we already knew trump wasn't interested in climate discussion. "the new york times" reported on friday that french officials conceded there is no hope that mr. trump joins the group despite news that fires in the amazon rain forest could accelerate the planet's environmental crisis. the president struggled to avoid questions on climate change throughout the weekend, and here he is declining to engage in any serious discussion on climate with a reporter. >> mr. president -- what are you thoughts on the working session on climate? >> i think we made big progress with respect to iran with unity. there has been great unity. really, it's been flawless in that sense. we had a lot of fake news