{"id":150994,"date":"2026-01-27T03:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150994\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:26:21","slug":"trump-blasts-gavin-newsom-with-two-word-insult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150994\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump blasts Gavin Newsom with two-word insult"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump is stunned that Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> is considering running for the White House, noting how badly the Golden State is being run under the \u201cincompetent\u201d Democrat\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m amazed Gavin wants to run for office,\u201d Trump told The California Post Friday in an Oval Office interview after his administration sued California<\/a> over sanctuary policies, accused the state of fraud<\/a> and clawed back federal funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump, who owns a golf course in California, made clear he is not a fan of the state under Newsom\u2019s leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump predicted that Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s record in California will haunt him on any campaign trail. Tamara Beckwith \/ NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople love the dream of California, but they hate what\u2019s happening to them,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

The state needs \u201cproper leadership,\u201d he said, arguing they are not getting it with their current governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cGavin\u2019s incompetent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Newsom, who has been ripping off Trump\u2019s brash social media style to raise his national profile, is leading the polling for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, according to RealClearPolitics survey averages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Newsom has 24% support among Democrats, compared to former Vice President Kamala Harris (21%), former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (11%) and New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (8%).<\/p>\n

Trump predicted that Newsom\u2019s record in California will haunt him on any campaign trail, in particular his \u201ctrain to nowhere\u201d high-speed rail project that is meant to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco.<\/p>\n

President Trump is stunned that California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to run for the White House. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The rail project \u2014 which costs $135 billion \u2014 is America\u2019s most expensive train project<\/a> to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newsom bragged it was \u201cback on track\u201d<\/a> during his State of the State speech earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking of tracks, we\u2019re finally laying them,\u201d Newsom said, noting that more than 60 miles of guideway have been poured in the Central Valley, land has been acquired, and there is environmental clearance for most of the route.<\/p>\n

The president made clear he\u2019s not a fan.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump talks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has the train, the train to nowhere, that was supposed to be a simple train that went from San Francisco to Los Angeles,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the greatest cost run over that I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI could have built that thing, and I could have built that thing in one year,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

The train was originally scheduled to be completed six years ago in 2020. The new target date is sometime in 2030. But that would only be for a partial Central Valley segment between Bakersfield and Merced \u2014 far from the major cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, the project has been besieged by funding problems. Billions in federal dollars have been pulled, restored, and pulled again over the years \u2014 leaving California taxpayers on the hook to keep construction alive.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the only thing off track.<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s rail project, seen here, costs $135 billion \u2014 America\u2019s most expensive train project to date. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Trump said his relationship with Newsom has gone from friendly in his first term to now \u201chopeless.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to get along with him, but now it\u2019s sort of a hopeless situation. They\u2019ve gone radical left. They\u2019re crazy,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newsom, who is weighing a 2028 White House bid, was in Davos, Switzerland,<\/a> the same time as Trump, for the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n

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He made a splash criticizing Trump\u2019s actions in office<\/a> and accusing the assembled world leaders of bending the knee to the US president.<\/p>\n

Trump confirmed to The Post the two men spoke in Switzerland but declined to get into the details of the conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw him in Davos,\u201d he said. \u201cI spoke to him. I spoke to him fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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