adminGavin Newsom’s latest stunt at the World Economic Forum in Davos was vintage coastal-elite grandstanding — the California governor even brandished what he called “Trump signature series kneepads” and cracked jokes at President Trump while sitting on foreign soil. The scene wasn’t policy debate; it was theater designed for an audience of globalists and headline-hungry journalists, not the hardworking Americans dealing with real problems at home.
On stage and to reporters, Newsom framed his taunts as a way to “put a mirror up” to the president and insisted that fighting fire with fire was necessary, all while conceding the ugliness of the back-and-forth. That spin only highlights the isolation of the coastal political class — they prefer clever jabs and viral moments to governing and solving crises.
Fox’s Gutfeld! panel didn’t let Newsom off the hook, ripping into the governor’s childish mockery and pointing out the double standard of a politician trash-talking America abroad while asking for applause from global elites. Conservatives watching saw something far more serious than a joke: a sitting governor weaponizing an international podium to score cheap political points against the American president.
Unsurprisingly, the White House and Trump allies pushed back hard — a White House spokeswoman publicly dismissed Newsom as a “third-rate governor,” and former President Trump slammed Newsom’s behavior as embarrassing and self-promotional. If Newsom wants a shot at higher office he can expect more pushback, not polite applause; Americans don’t respond well when their leaders denigrate the country on foreign stages.
Let’s be blunt: while Newsom is playing to Davos, California families are paying the price for his policies — sky-high housing costs, public-safety failures, and rampant mismanagement — yet he’s happy to mock an American president for headlines. This is the arrogance of the ruling-class playbook: deflect responsibility at home by embarrassing the United States abroad and then pose as the moral crusader in front of foreign elites.
Patriots should call out this hypocrisy every time it happens. Republicans and conservatives must keep making the case that leadership means fixing problems for ordinary Americans, not chasing approval from international salons; that’s the message that will win elections and restore honest, effective governing.
