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Newsom bombards 'Putin's good little boy' Trump as he warns US 'gas lines' are days away

Gavin Newsom grilled Donald Trump over a massive spike in oil prices — and suggested it goes against the president's tough stance on economic success.

The governor of California's team made several X posts mocking Trump and his administration over the weekend. Ongoing strikes against Iran affected the price of oil, which has since surpassed $100 a barrel, per the Associated Press. This spike in crude oil has since been mocked by Governor Newsom, with a series of posts highlighting the economic trouble.

One post reads, "What part of the Trump Golden Era of affordability plan is this?" Another reads, "We already have long TSA lines because of Donald Trump. Are Trump gas lines coming soon, too?"

A third post suggested Trump needed a distraction from the turmoil of his administration, and that a spike in oil prices would do just that. On February 7, the account posted, "Trump needs a distraction. Things aren't going well for him. Which country is he going to bomb or take over next?"

The X account has since quoted the February 7 post and added, "The answer was Iran."

Newsom has previously ripped into Trump and his team for an oil-related trade with Russia. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed a trade deal between Russia and India, orchestrated by the U.S.

Bessent's statement, posted to X, reads, "President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded.

"To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury Department is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. This deliberately short-term measure will not provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government as it only authorizes transactions involving oil already stranded at sea.

"India is an essential partner of the United States, and we fully anticipate that New Delhi will ramp up purchases of U.S. oil. This stop-gap measure will alleviate pressure caused by Iran’s attempt to take global energy hostage."

Newsom replied to the news by dubbing Trump "Putin's good little boy."

Gavin Newsom rips into Trump's latest pro-Russia move: 'Putin's good little boy'

Gavin Newsom's Press Office criticized the recently announced deal between the US, Russia, and India to alleviate the oil shortage.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed earlier today (March 6) that a trade deal to purchase oil already stranded at sea had been reached with Russia. His statement, posted to X, reads, "President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded.

The Governor of California's press office has since mocked this deal and denounced both Bessent and Trump for engaging in trade with Russia.

A post from the Gavin Newsom Press Office on X reads, "Trump waives the Russia oil ban! Putin’s good little boy." Attached is an image of Putin patting the heads of two children, with Trump and Bessent's faces edited on.

Mockery of the president and his administration follows Newsom's claim that Trump knows the midterm elections will be a blowout for the Republican Party.

During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's talk show, the Governor of California once more repeated his assessment of the midterms - that the GOP will lose massively because of Trump. But the projected wins of the Democratic Party, while not guaranteed, will be aided by a move Trump pulled last year.

He told Kimmel, "Trump is a historic president. Historically unpopular. He's going to get crushed, shellacked, in the midterms. He is. He's toast. And he knows it.

"Why else did he call Greg Abbot, saying he's 'entitled' to five seats in a mid-decade redistricting? They, of course, obliged in Texas. What Trump thought would follow was maybe a conversation about writing an op-ed in California to try to win the argument as they're consolidating power.

Trump knows he will be 'crushed' in midterms — and one sly move proves it: Dem gov

A pre-midterm move from Donald Trump proves the president knows he will not fare well in the elections, Gavin Newsom has claimed.

Newsom said the party and representatives must "fight fire with fire" when it comes to Trump, and a redistricting success under the Governor of California came as a result of the president's attempt to rezone Texas ahead of the midterm elections.

This move, Newsom believes, highlights the shortcomings of the Trump administration and his fear of losing the Senate majority. He told Kimmel, "Trump is a historic president. Historically unpopular. He's going to get crushed, shellacked, in the midterms. He is. He's toast. And he knows it.

"Instead, we decided to redraw the lines and over a 90-day period raised $120million, and we kicked his a-- in November and redrew the lines. I know we're all prone to a little hyperbole. This is not hyperbolic.

"You saw what happened on January 6, tried to wreck the country, light democracy on fire, dialed up for 11,000, 12,000 votes in Fulton County. That's exactly what he's doing all across the United States.

"Not just as it relates to redistricting, trying to nationalize the election, trying to take those voting roles and purge voters, decide who can vote, and who cannot. Ask the folks in Fulton County what he's just done. It's happening in plain sight."

It comes after Kimmel pitched Trump an appearance at the upcoming White House Correspondents Dinner, which the talk show veteran has hosted in the past.

He said, "Can you imagine? You, me, the commissioner of the FCC [Federal Communications Commission], all at a table together? Think of the ratings. I'll even throw in an award. You like awards. I'll give you a brand new award. The Corresponding."

'Wow': Gavin Newsom mocks Trump over record-breaking stat showing 'American dream is dead'

Gavin Newsom has ripped into Donald Trump after it was found that the United States has hit an embarrassing new record.

The president's State of the Union address may have broken the record for the longest speech of its type, but the Governor of California's Press Office observed another poor statistic that has happened on Trump's watch. A post to X from the Governor Newsom Press Office account highlighted the dwindling number of Americans remaining in the US.

Newsom's team wrote, "WOW. Americans are leaving the USA in record numbers! Under Trump, the American Dream is DEAD!" A screenshot of the Wall Street Journal's coverage is attached to the post from Newsom's team.

The feature, which notes the record numbers and reasons for so many US citizens leaving for below the border, former Stalinist states, and wider parts of Europe. The move has been dubbed the "Donald Dash", though the WSJ notes the rise has been ongoing for some time.

Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson wrote, "Some commentators have labeled this wave of American emigrants the 'Donald Dash' since numbers have spiked under President Trump’s second term. But the phenomenon has been building for years—fed by the rise of remote work, mounting living costs and an appetite for foreign lifestyles that feel within reach, especially in Europe.

"The U.S. saw 675,000 deportations and 2.2 million 'self-deportations' last year, according to data from the Department of Homeland Security.

"A Wall Street Journal analysis of 15 countries providing full or partial 2025 data showed that at least 180,000 Americans joined them—a number likely to be far higher when other countries report full statistics."

Further analysis found some applications for European VISAs, particularly those to Britain, are at their highest in over 20 years.

"If there was any thought that this was a fleeting pandemic-era experiment of laptop nomads logging in from distant shores, data hints at its longevity," the pair wrote. "The U.S. government has a months-long backlog of Americans asking to renounce their citizenship, either to secure a foreign passport or to avoid taxation of their earnings abroad.

"In 2024, requests jumped 48% and likely outpaced that in 2025, immigration firms say. Americans are applying for British citizenship at the highest rate since records began in 2004: some 6,600 in the year to March 2025. They are securing Irish passports at a record pace: 31,825 in 2024, and an estimated 40,000 last year."

WOW. Americans are leaving the USA in record numbers!

Under Trump, the American Dream is DEAD! pic.twitter.com/be18splY1W
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) February 26, 2026

Gavin Newsom hits Trump with schoolyard taunts in new Kennedy Center scrap

Gavin Newsom ripped into Donald Trump during a swear word-laden tirade at an event promoting his autobiography.

The Governor of California held no punches when going after the president, suggesting the acts in office of the 47th POTUS do little to unite people. Speaking to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at the event promoting his newly published memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, Newsom quoted former House Speaker Sam Rayburn in his assessment of Trump.

"Breaking things is not strength," he said, with a reference to the Kennedy Center, the Washington, DC, cultural hub that Trump took over — and then closed down. "Tearing things down, that's not strength. That Rayburn building, I don't know if anyone- Sam Rayburn had a great quote. He said, 'Any', forgive the language, 'jacka-- can tear down a barn, but it takes a skilled carpenter to build one.'

"Tearing things down is not strength. Trump is not a builder. He's a jacka--." The clip of Newsom's comment has since been posted to his X account, along with a selection of other comments made by the governor at the event.

Newsom has made his loathing of Trump clear in recent weeks, with his press office on X calling out the president for failing to give US citizens a tariff profit check.

The DOGE dividend featured in planning documents written up during Elon Musk's time in the government, with the Department of Government Efficiency hoping to cut so much in-house expenditure that they could go on to give some money to taxpayers. This never came to be, though the team behind the governor has not forgotten.

Also missing, aside from the DOGE dividend, is an update on tariff rebates, which were promised by the president's team when he introduced tariffs to the economic plan.

A post to the Newsom Press Office X account reads, "Confirmed our tariff check three times in Trump’s fundraising emails. Where’s the check? Where’s the DOGE dividend?"

Attached to their post is a screenshot of the Trump tariff check, with three "confirm check here" buttons on a page with a picture of Trump holding a stack of bills.

Veteran polling analyst warns GOP of no-win scenario: 'They've done quite badly'

GOP infighting may pave the way to an inevitable Democratic Party victory at the 2028 elections, a veteran pollster has claimed.

Nate Silver suggested that the party merely needs a reasonable candidate, and they may have their share of choices. In his Substack column, Silver noted Gavin Newsom, who had not yet lost an election, and former Vice President Kamala Harris could be safe options for the Democratic Party at the next presidential election.

This choice is contingent, he says, on the in-fighting which is bound to come from the Republican Party finding a suitable replacement for Donald Trump. The president will leave office in 2029, but finding a potential successor has proven tricky. JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz could all mount their own bids for the GOP leadership.

Silver wrote, "We don’t make endorsements, and in fact, my prediction of what Democrats will do isn’t that correlated with what I think they should do if they want to maximize their chances of reclaiming the White House.

"Don’t get me wrong, I think any basically reasonable Democrat could win, as I discussed in the Times story." Silver, who spoke with the New York Times earlier this week, suggested the Democratic Party has the advantage of being "out of power" during a difficult time for the US.

He added, "I expect Republicans to have a lot of trouble agreeing on a candidate who is not Donald Trump. They’ve done quite badly in the Trump era in nonpresidential elections."

Silver went on to explain his thoughts in the Substack piece posted earlier today, adding, "Still, based on his electoral track record, I also don’t think Newsom would be a particularly good nominee as compared to someone like Ruben Gallego, Raphael Warnock, Andy Beshear, Gretchen Whitmer, or Josh Shapiro — and honestly, a lot of others, too."

Silver has, despite suggesting any reasonable candidate could sweep the elections in 2028, urged caution on backing Newsom. He added, "Isn’t Gavin Newsom a winner? He certainly looks like one — and I’ll grant that his decision to put a partisan redistricting initiative on the ballot last year was a big success.

"Polls tend to show that Democratic voters see Newsom as 'electable'. Indeed, Newsom has never lost an election, having advanced up the Golden State ladder from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to Governor of California. But you know who else had never lost an election prior to 2024? Kamala Harris.

Yep, that’s right. Granted, Harris probably would have lost most if not all of the Democratic primaries and caucuses she entered had she remained on the ballot in her 2020 nomination campaign.

"But technically speaking, it’s true: Harris twice won elections for San Francisco District Attorney, twice for Attorney General, once for U.S. Senate, and once for vice president — until she lost every swing state to Trump."

'Fraud' FBI Director blasted by governor for 'private jet trip to Italy' paid by taxpayers

The Press Office of Gavin Newsom has criticized Kash Patel for using a Department of Justice plane to fly to Italy.

The FBI Director flew to Europe to attend the Winter Olympic Games, with CBS News claiming Patel orchestrated a flight to and from Italy to attend the hockey match. His plan to kick back at the sporting event has since been criticized by the Governor of California's press account on X, where a statement raging at the FBI Director has been released.

It reads, "WHY ARE TAXPAYERS PAYING FOR KASH KANT KATCH ’EM’S PRIVATE JET TRIP TO ITALY? WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE!"

According to CBS News, "Public flight data reviewed by CBS News showed the FBI director took off on a government plane Thursday morning for an Air Force base in Italy, after a brief flight from Manassas, Virginia, to Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland Wednesday.

"Sources also confirmed to CBS News that Patel was en route to Milan, where he is planning to watch the Men's USA Olympic hockey team compete in the medal rounds."

FBI spokesman Ben Williamson went on to claim the trip is a legitimate one, as Patel plans on meeting with foreign law enforcement officials at the Olympic Games.

Williamson, posting to X, wrote, "[I]t's not a personal trip. Director Patel is on a trip that was planned months ago. It includes: partner meetings with Italian law enforcement and security officials (they invited the Director last July), meeting with Ambassador Fertitta (as a follow-up to our law enforcement roundtable he hosted in January), meetings with Legat staff, and more."

It comes after other allegations that Patel has used FBI aircraft for personal business, including to fly to a concert by his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins.

Patel came under pressure earlier this month after he was accused of lying to Congress by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). The Kentucky Republican made the allegation in a social media exchange with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom Massie prodded to unredact the names of potential co-conspirators to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Gavin Newsom drags Trump for unfulfilled financial promise: 'Where's the check?'

Gavin Newsom's Press Office has called out Donald Trump's administration for failing to pay out on a dividend they promised nearly a year ago.

The DOGE dividend featured in planning documents written up during Elon Musk's time in government, with the Department of Government Efficiency hoping to cut so much in-house expenditure that they could go on to give some money to taxpayers. This never came to be, though the team behind the Governor of California has not forgotten.

Also missing, aside from the DOGE dividend, is an update on tariff rebates, which were promised by the president's team when he introduced tariffs to the economic plan.

Karoline Leavitt was asked for an update on the dividend pay, but it seems there is no new update from the White House. She was asked, "Is there an update regarding the tariff rebate checks the White House promised?"

Leavitt replied, "I don't have an update for you." Newsom's Press Office has since mocked the lack of update and called out the president's team for not having anything for those who completed their tariff check.

A post to the Gavin Newsom Press Office X account reads, "Confirmed our tariff check three times in Trump’s fundraising emails. Where’s the check? Where’s the DOGE dividend?"

Attached to their post is a screenshot of the Trump tariff check, with three "confirm check here" buttons on a page with a picture of Trump holding a stack of bills.

Newsom's constant trolling of Trump comes as the Governor of California seemingly makes a move to bring down the president's regime.

A recent trip to speak about energy with UK officials seemingly caused frustrations for Trump. “The more Trump takes the bait, the more attention you get in return,” an adviser said, regarding the British energy trip.

They added, “But it’s much bigger than that. It’s about bringing attention to the fact that what Trump is doing is out of step and it’s not normal and it’s not the American view. It certainly does not reflect what the American people want.”

Gavin Newsom claims Trump is resigned to getting 'shellacked' at midterms: 'He knows that'

Gavin Newsom has made a midterm election results prediction — and suggested Donald Trump may feel the same as he does.

The Governor of California, during an appearance at the Munich Security Conference, suggested the midterms will swing heavily in favor of the Democratic Party, and that the president has accepted this privately.

Newsom told CNN, "Trump’s going to get shellacked in the midterms. He knows that. The world is becoming, I think, more and more familiar with that reality."

Further analysis from CNN host Kasle Hunt saw a way through for the Democratic Party at the midterms, with the prospect of retaking the House on the cards for the party.

Hunt wrote, "Back home, of course, Democrats’ prospects have been improving fast. Trump’s approval rating has dropped, and Democrats have an opportunity to win back control of the House in this year’s midterm elections."

Newsom is piling pressure onto the Republican Party, with a recent post to his X account denouncing a statement from GOP rep Randy Fine. The GOP rep wrote, "If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one."

The Governor of California quoted hm in a post of his own, replying, "Resign now, you racist slob." At the Munich conference, Newsom also summarized how the rest of the world views the U.S. under the Trump regime.

He said, "They see us as unreliable, and a lot of them think it’s irrevocable. They don’t think we’ll ever come back to our original form." Newsom added that European leaders see the US as "like a wrecking ball" when it comes to international diplomacy.

Newsom has not held back on criticizing the Trump presidency, with the Governor of California taking aim at the president last week. The Governor of California's team took to X and called out Donald Trump and the decision to cancel the EV plan.

A post from the Press Office read, "Once again Trump is treating the White House like one of his bad reality shows. We've seen this clown show before, and we know how it ends — with Trump losing.

Gavin Newsom calls out Trump 'clown show' as president hits California hard

An electric vehicle charging program set to have been rolled out across several blue states has been scrapped, infuriating Gavin Newsom's Press Office.

The Governor of California's team took to X and called out Donald Trump and the decision to cancel the EV plan. A post from the Press Office reads, "Once again Trump is treating the White House like one of his bad reality shows. We've seen this clown show before, and we know how it ends — with Trump losing.

"These cuts are purely political and mirror his recent losing actions rejected by the court. We will continue fighting for Californians." The post followed on from the Press Office account posting a clip of Newsom giving a speech. The Press Office captioned the video, "Donald Trump does not believe in the law or that it applies to him."

The Press Office also denounced the president's rhetoric over healthcare funding. The post reads, "This is becoming a familiar pattern: Trump publicly claims he will rip away public health funding from states that voted against him, and offers no details or formal notice. If or when the Trump Admin takes action, we will respond appropriately."

Newsom had already mocked Trump earlier this week, ripping into the president's Super Bowl statement. Trump had fumed at the Bad Bunny halftime show, taking to Truth Social and ripping into the performance.

He wrote, "There is nothing inspirational about this mess of a Halftime Show and watch, it will get great reviews from the Fake News Media, because they haven’t got a clue of what is going on in the REAL WORLD — And, by the way, the NFL should immediately replace its ridiculous new Kickoff Rule. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP."

Newsom's Press Office responded with a related post of its own. They wrote, "BEAUTIFUL HALFTIME SHOW. GOD BLESS BAD BUNNY! GOD BLESS AMERICA! — GOVERNOR GCN." The Governor of California also posted from his official X account to praise the performance."