{"id":5603,"date":"2025-06-22T16:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5603\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T16:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T16:13:09","slug":"lets-not-go-overboard-hyping-newsoms-white-house-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/5603\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s not go overboard hyping Newsom’s White House prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we discuss presidential politics<\/a>, window treatments<\/a> and disasters of the natural and man-made variety.<\/p>\n

Time for Gavin Newsom to start measuring those White House drapes.<\/b><\/p>\n

Huh?<\/p>\n

You know, president of the United States. I\u2019m thinking something Earth-friendly, like recycled hemp.<\/b><\/p>\n

Wait, what?<\/p>\n

Did you catch <\/b>the nationally televised speech<\/b><\/a> the governor recently gave? The one about \u201cdemocracy at a crossroads.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

I did.<\/p>\n

It was a fine speech and the governor made some important points about President Trump\u2019s reckless commandeering of California\u2019s National Guard<\/a>, his administration\u2019s indiscriminate immigration raids<\/a> and the wholly unnecessary dispatch of Marines <\/a>to Los Angeles. (From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Venice Beach.)<\/p>\n

Newsom was plenty justified in his anger and contempt. Trump, acting true to his flame-fanning fashion<\/a>, turned what was a middling set of protests \u2014 nothing local law enforcement couldn\u2019t handle \u2014 into yet another assault on our sorely tested Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s speech certainly \u201cmet the moment,\u201d to use one of his favorite phrases.<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll grant you that. Unlike a lot of extracurricular activities<\/a> aimed at boosting his presidential prospects<\/a>, Newsom was addressing a Trump-manufactured crisis unfolding right here at home. It was a moment that called for gubernatorial leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just the kind of <\/b>leadership despondent Democrats<\/b><\/a> need.<\/b><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s been said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not much of a leap to see Newsom leading the anti-Trump opposition clear to the White House!<\/b><\/p>\n

Actually, that\u2019s a bigger leap than it takes to clear the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n

Granted, Newsom\u2019s speech received a lot of raves from Democrats across the country. Many are desperate for someone in a position of power to give voice to their blood-boiling, cranium-exploding rage<\/a> against Trump and his many excesses. Newsom did a good job channeling those emotions and articulating the dangers of an imprudent president run amok.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s not go overboard.<\/p>\n

There is no lack of Democrats<\/a> eager to take on Trump and become the face of the so-called resistance<\/a>. There is no shortage of Democrats eyeing a 2028 bid for the White House. Those who run won\u2019t be schlepping all the political baggage that Newsom has to tote.<\/p>\n

Such as?<\/b><\/p>\n

Rampant homelessness<\/a>. An exploding budget deficit<\/a>. Vast income inequality<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Plus, a lot of social policies that many Californians consider beneficent and broad-minded<\/a> that, to put it mildly, others around the country consider much less so<\/a>. Don\u2019t get me wrong. I love California with all my heart and soul. But we have a lot of deep-seated problems and cultural idiosyncrasies that Newsom\u2019s rivals \u2014 Democrat and Republican \u2014 would be only too happy to hang around his neck.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s not get too caught up in the moment. The fundamentals of the 2028 presidential race<\/a> haven\u2019t changed based on a single \u2014 albeit well-received \u2014 speech. It\u2019s still hard to see Democrats turning the party\u2019s fate over to yet another nominee spawned<\/a> in the liberal stew of San Francisco politics and campaigning with kooky California as a home address.<\/p>\n

Stranger things have happened.<\/b><\/p>\n

True.<\/p>\n

That said, 2028 is a zillion political light years<\/a> and countless news cycles away. First come the midterm elections in November 2026, giving voters their chance to weigh in on Trump and his actions. The verdict will go a long way toward shaping the dynamic in 2028.<\/p>\n

Well at least Newsom has brought his A-game to social media. His trolling of Trump is something to behold!<\/b><\/p>\n

Whatever.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re not impressed?<\/b><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s best to leave the snark to professionals.<\/p>\n

I do, however, have some sympathy for the governor. It\u2019s not easy dealing with someone as spiteful and amoral as the nation\u2019s ax-grinder-in-chief<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Consider, for instance, the disaster relief money that fire-devastated Southern California<\/a> is counting on. Helping the region in its time of desperate need shouldn\u2019t be remotely political, or part of some red-vs.-blue-state feud<\/a>. Historically, that sort of federal aid has never been<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But this is Trump we\u2019re dealing with.<\/p>\n

To his credit, Newsom tried making nice<\/a> in the days and weeks following the January firestorm. He ignored the president\u2019s provocations and held what was later described an an amicable session<\/a> with Trump in the Oval Office. Their working relationship seemed to be a good one.<\/p>\n

But few things last with the transactional Trump, save for his pettiness and self-absorption. Asked last week if his \u201crecent dust-ups\u201d with Newsom would impact the granting of wildfire relief, Trump said, \u201cYeah, maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n

He called Newsom incompetent, trotted out more gobbledygook about raking forests<\/a> and then soliloquized on the nature of personal relationships. \u201cWhen you don\u2019t like somebody, don\u2019t respect somebody, it\u2019s harder for that person to get money if you\u2019re on top,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Yeesh.<\/b><\/p>\n

Responding in a posting on X, Newsom correctly noted, \u201cSucking up to the President should not be a requirement for him to do the right thing for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hard to argue with that.<\/b><\/p>\n

Yet here we are. <\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s second-most populous city is occupied by National Guard and Marine troops<\/a>. Thousands of people \u2014 displaced by disaster, their past lives gone up in smoke<\/a> \u2014 are hostage to the whims of a peevish president who always puts his feelings first and cares nothing for the greater good.<\/p>\n

The midterm elections can\u2019t come soon enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we discuss presidential politics, window treatments and disasters of the natural and man-made variety. Time for Gavin…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[7091,1582,276,7033,3153,2961,224,2444,5337,7088,5349,7090,3435,5207,7087,6620,277,2452,7089],"class_list":{"0":"post-5603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-american-people","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-democrats","12":"tag-governor","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-times","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-lot","18":"tag-moment","19":"tag-national-guard","20":"tag-newsom","21":"tag-president","22":"tag-speech","23":"tag-time","24":"tag-trump","25":"tag-week","26":"tag-white-house-prospect"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114727905051141802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}