California Republicans have found ways to convince Trump he’s helping the state rather than Newsom before, one expert said.

Governor Gavin Newsom accused President Donald Trump of being “not all there” as the pair ramp up their war of words over federal troops being deployed to Los Angeles. The California governor made the damning accusation about the 78-year-old president during an interview on The Daily podcast.

Their clash over Trump’s deployment of military forces for anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is far from the first time the two leaders have butted heads.

Trump escalated his clash with Newsom after the president deployed thousands of California National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles over the weekend. Newsom said Trump should not have deployed the troops without his permission, while the president has called for the Democratic governor’s arrest.

Late night talk show host Seth Meyers took a brutal swipe at Donald Trump as he said the president has 'really lost his step' in his feud with Gavin Newsom before laying into his birthday parade.

Donald Trump responded to the LA protests by sending in the troops, but people think his feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom boils down to more than politics.

Trump blocks California gas car ban in a major political move, stopping the state’s 2035 plan to phase out gas-powered cars. Signed on June 12, 2025, this action overturns California’s authority to enforce electric vehicle rules backed by the EPA.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.

Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom are not friends. Just days after his last social media war of words, Trump took to Truth Social to threaten the Governor of California with deploying soldiers in response to the protests in Los Angeles.

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says the federal military intervention in Los Angeles marks the onset of a much broader effort by President Donald Trump to overturn political and cultural norm