President Donald Trump threw a match on social media on Thursday ― and California Gov. Gavin Newsom couldn’t have been happier about it.
“Lease free,” Newsom wrote on X from his private account as he shared a screenshot of Trump’s 158-word rant claiming the governor “made a mockery of himself” on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos.
The president and his employees have been reportedly ticked that the governor attended the occasion, the place Newsom urged European leaders to “cease being complicit” and stand as much as Trump.
Newsom was denied entry to the U.S. pavilion on the occasion, the place he had been scheduled to ship a “fireplace chat.” He blamed the White Home, then trashed Trump in an interview with Semafor’s Ben Smith.
“Is it stunning the Trump administration didn’t like my commentary and wished to make it possible for I used to be not allowed to talk? No, it’s in step with this administration and their authoritarian tendencies,” Newsom advised Smith.
Newsom, who’s contemplating a 2028 presidential run, additionally referred to as Trump “traditionally unpopular” and questioned: “How the hell are we placing up with this?”
Trump fired off a prolonged message on his Fact Social platform saying Newsom was “working round screaming for the eye of International Leaders, and embarrassing our Nation.”
He advised Newsom, who can’t search reelection as governor as a result of state’s time period limits, to complete his time period “and GO HOME!”
The message got here amid a flurry of posts and reposts by Trump on Thursday night attacking Newsom, different Democratic figures and even some Republicans, whereas praising himself. He additionally disinvited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ― who referred to as him out from the Davos stage ― from his “Board of Peace” for Gaza, questioned NATO, and shared messages applauding his personal management.
The president’s full submit attacking Newsom is under:
