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Asked in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” whether if would
be fair to say he would give a campaign serious thought after
the November 2026 vote, the term-limited governor said, “I'd be
lying otherwise.”
Newsom has been trying to raise his national profile, adopting a
combative style that parodies Trump's social media strategy with
similar all-caps posts, memes and merchandise.
The Democratic governor has sparred with the Republican
president over the deployment of the California National Guard
following immigration protests and Trump's redistricting moves
in Texas. Newsom has also led a campaign to redraw California's
own maps to add five Democratic U.S. House seats in response to
the changes in Texas. Voting is underway on the so-called
Proposition 50 and concludes Nov. 4.
"I’m looking forward to who presents themselves in 2028 and who
meets that moment. And that’s the question for the American
people," he said in the interview that aired Sunday.
The feud between Trump and Newsom does not seem like it's going
away anytime soon. On Thursday, Trump acknowledged he had agreed
to halt a planned show of federal force planned for this weekend
in San Francisco after appeals from tech executives and the
mayor. Newsom was mayor of San Francisco between 2004 and 2011.
In the interview, Newsom described Trump as an “invasive
species.”
“He’s a wrecking ball. Not just the symbolism and substance of
the East Wing,” Newsom said, referring to the demolition of that
part of the White House to build a ballroom. “He’s wrecking
alliances, truth, trust, tradition, institutions.”
Earlier this year, Newsom launched a podcast in an effort to
brand himself as a centrist. During the show, he has held
conversations with influential figures all across the political
spectrum, from late conservative Charlie Kirk, who was
assassinated on a college campus tour, as well as former Trump
strategist Steve Bannon, to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was
former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 running mate, and U.S.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat.
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