While Donald Frederickovich was making nice with Vladimir Vladimirovich and having daughter Ivanka keep his seat warm at the adults table during parts of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the assembled leaders struggled to come up with climate language in their final communique that the world’s 20 richest nations could all agree to. 

Thanks to the stubborn climate science denial of the Trump regime, the communique had to recognize that only 19 of those nations accept the seriousness of the matter and remain firmly committed to the Paris Climate Accord.