SACRAMENTO — When a California governor goes to Europe and lectures world leaders that they must “grow a spine” and “stand tall” against the American president, I wince.
Not that they shouldn’t, nor that President Trump doesn’t deserve almost any nasty thing said about him. It just seems a tad arrogant.
A world stage in the Swiss Alps is not the proper place for a state governor to be scolding leaders of foreign nations about how they should deal with the U.S. president, no matter how despicably Trump behaves.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is merely the top elected official of one state, even if he can boast that it’s the fourth- or fifth-largest economy in the world. It still doesn’t have a seat at the United Nations or an awesome military that is the heart of NATO and the Western alliance.
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Contrary to hackneyed bragging points, California is not a “nation state.” We’re a state — highly populated, but one of 50.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, Newsom was like the lightweight boxer trying to punch far above his class.
He was attempting to score points in the early rounds of his fight for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, repeating what has been working well for him: swinging from the heels at Trump and attracting the attention of party activists across the country.
And that’s fine for here in the U.S. This is the arena where it belongs.
One can argue that Newsom overdoes it, reaching for all the national exposure he can grab and not focusing enough on the job Californians hired him for at the state Capitol. But there’s no disputing his political success nationally. He’s leading the early polls of potential contenders for the presidential nomination.
But that was probably of little concern for the foreign leaders and other global elites attending the prestigious annual World Economic Forum.
Newsom was given two speaking slots, presumably to inform international movers and shakers about California’s golden investment opportunities. But after arriving, he began blathering about the evil American president, Trump’s threats to hike tariffs and seize Greenland and how European leaders are allegedly cowering before him.
The governor soon after was disinvited to speak at one event, a series of interviews hosted by Fortune magazine at USA House, the Trump administration headquarters.
Newsom blamed Trump for blocking his participation, accusing White House staffers of pressuring the event sponsors.
Well, duh! You can’t shoot spit wads like a little kid at a big meanie and not expect some to be shot back.
“No one in Davos knows who third-rate governor Newscum is or why he is frolicking around Switzerland instead of fixing the problems he created in California,” asserted White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly, using the classless president’s oft-repeated derogatory name for the governor.
Whatever. Snatching Newsom’s mic was probably the right decision. Davos delegates didn’t need to hear a political stump speech attacking the American president or be berated by a governor for also not beating up on him.
This was some of the fiery, expletive-laced stuff the governor had been telling reporters, referring to European leaders:
“Wake up! Where the hell has everybody been? Stop this bullshit diplomacy of sort of niceties. … Have some spine, some goddamn balls ….
Gov Niusance got what he deserved, like the dog droppings stepped in and scraped off the big boy’s shoes.This comment is flagged as spam – but it isn’t.
Who paid for Gruesome Nuisance’s transportation and lodging/meals/etc.
The Calif. Taxpayer?????????????????????????
He is a light weight with heavy weight connections.
One only has to look at the Radical Socialist Party agenda to see their failure.
From the massively expensive public transportation failure, to the even more expensive pandering to illegals with welfare, health care, and now the ridiculous Density infill.
OH and can anyone find out how much money, who the contractors are, with the Sac. Capital construction is?
Just another stupid play by a Gov. who is fronting the failure party. But don’t worry it is only TENS OF $BILLIONS DEFICITS THE TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO PAY.
When even George Skelton is calling out Newsom on his rhetoric, you can be sure Newsom has crossed all the lines.
He went over on the Alex Soros jet no doubt to suck up to the anti-American hating parasite for presidential donations no doubt. Could anything be more obvious? If he wins in 3 years, the progressive Soros family will have achieved their goal of destroying the capitalistic Republic known as the United States. I personally think Soros is the devil, he smacks of leftist hatred for this once great country and has been trying to dismantle it via our education, our children, our judges, dissolving our borders and enabling non-deserving occupants to come here and ruin what others have strived and struggled their whole life to build, that was the American dream.