The fabric continues to burn between Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom. Governor since 2019 of the most populated and economically powerful state in the United States, the latter is trying to prepare opposing the president of the United States.
Since the coup in Los Angeles between police officers and opposite protesters for the illegal Trump repressive immigration policy, Gavin Newsom is not a tacaño with criticism of the Republican President. In particular, he accuses him of tensions with his decision to deploy thousands of soldiers in the Californian megalopolis.
For Gavin Newsom, it is the “crazy fantasy of a dictatorial president.” A little earlier, Donald Trump said it would be “great” to prevent the governor from hindering migrant arrest operations. “He did a horrible job,” he added.
“The president of the United States has just asked for the arrest of a governor in practice. (…) This is a line that we cannot cross as a nation: it is an indisputable step towards authoritarianism,” the governor replied in X.
A future candidate in the White House?
The dispute between the two men does not leave yesterday, and is partly explained by the ambitions of the Californian. 57 years, ludinizing hair and an impeccable smile, is among the favorites with the democratic inauguration for the White House in 2028, and seems to take the opportunity of a frontal and media conflict with Donald Trump.
For Jeff The, a former official of Democratic Governor Jerry Brown in California, “every political crisis is a political opportunity.” Therefore, the current situation in Los Angeles is “a potential gift for the governor, underline the flagrant differences” between him and Donald Trump, he believes.
The tone of distrust adopted by Gavin Newsom should delight the democratic base, he also assures Jeff Le, who desperately seeks a fighter. ” For this public affairs consultant, a face to face that would be dragged to Los Angeles, and particularly an escalation in violence or vandalism, could annihilate the capital of sympathy potentially obtained by the governor.
Critics in your own camp
Before being elected governor of California in 2019, the father of four co -founded in the 1990s a company specialized in wine. In 2004, a month after his choice at the San Francisco City Council, Gavin Newsom stood out in the national political scene by authorizing homosexual marriages in his city, Le Monde recalls. Then, a measure invalidated by the Supreme Court of California, before reopening the way for homosexual weddings four years later, in 2008.
Gavin Newsom became a lieutenant of the state in 2011 before becoming governor in 2019. In six years at the head of California, he emphasized certain priorities of the US left as the right to abortion, but has clearly positioned himself as moderate.
For some time, he has been trying to make himself known to the rest of the country, as with this debate last year, the opponent of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron Desantis, in Fox News, the favorite chain of conservatives in the United States.
But Gavin Newsom has also attracted the criticisms of his own camp, which criticized him significantly for his repression policies to the camps for homeless, numerous in California.
Some also hold it against its proximity to certain Republicans, a criticism outstanding for its launch in March of a podcast where it invites certain personalities of the right encouragement, such as the influential conservative Charlie Kirk.
The “face of democratic resistance” against Trump
An Economist/Yougov survey published last week showed that Gavin Newsom also had a way to succeed in the White House race, since its popularity rating was -13 points, against the -7 points of Donald Trump.
“It is clear that Gavin Newsom is trying to use this moment to raise its position throughout the country, projecting it as the face of democratic resistance to Donald Trump,” said Charlie Kolean, a political strategy consultant who worked for Republican candidates.
The analyst warns, however, that the governor could weaken his presidential ambitions if the Americans considered that he was more on the side of the disturbances than the police forces.
“Overwhelmingly, voters want to order: this is one of the key issues in which Trump campaigned and in which he has greatly won,” says Charlie Kolean.
Source: BFM TV
