California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed President Trump has no intention of leaving office after his second term.
Speaking at Politico’s inaugural California Policy Summit, the Democrat governor cast Trump’s recent crackdown on violent crime as an existential threat to democracy.
“You think people actually think this guy’s serious about having another election? You think he’s joking about 2028?” Newsom said.
Pressed on the question by Politico’s California Editorial Director Chris Cadelago, the governor replied, “I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election.”
Trump aides, he said, have repeatedly sent him “Trump 2028” hats – of which he has two dozen.
He then revealed, for the first time, details of his private meeting with Trump at the White House, when Trump pointed out a painting of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only president to serve more than two terms.
“He showed me a painting. He said, ‘Turn around.’ And I said, ‘Oh, there’s FDR.’ And I went, ‘Of course.’ And he goes, he said, ‘What do you mean?’ I said, ‘I know exactly what you mean.’ And then he went on and on about the third term.”
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Newsom further pointed to Trump’s National Guard deployments and argued the president was already exercising “not just authoritarian tendencies, but authoritarian actions.”
He continued: “You have the largest private police force in the world. When they’re done with this, all that funding and that big beautiful portrayal allows more resources for this private police force that increasingly is showing a tendency not to swear an oath to the Constitution, but to the president of the United States. And he’ll be sending them to voting booths and polling places all across this country.”
Despite Newsom’s remarks against Trump, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser admitted on Wednesday that crime in the district has plummeted since President Donald Trump’s federal takeover. (RELATED: DC Mayor Bowser Admits Trump’s Federal Crime Crackdown Is Working)
She pointed to one dramatic example, saying, “For carjackings, the difference between this period, this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents an 87% reduction in carjackings in Washington, D.C. We know that when carjackings go down, when use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer. So, this surge has been important to us for that reason.”
Bowser offered further examples of Trump’s new surge driving results.
“This is what we think in just a couple of weeks of experience has worked,” she said. “Having more federal law enforcement officers on the street — we think having more stops that got to illegal guns has helped. We think that there is more accountability in the system, or at least perceived accountability in the system, that is driving down illegal behavior. We know that we have had fewer gun crimes, fewer homicides, and we have experienced an extreme reduction in carjackings.”
The governor, who is widely viewed as a potential White House contender for 2028, used the platform to defend California’s gerrymandering push and accused Trump of “stealing” the election.
“You’ve seen it. He tried to steal the last election. He’s trying to rig it in plain sight this time. He wants to get rid of vote-by-mail. He’s talking about eliminating voting machines he doesn’t like. He’s setting up the contours where he can declare a declaration of emergency for anything. ‘Just cause’ means whatever he just said on Truth Social.”
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Pure BS U Dems are since his first term