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Grandstanding Newsom’s world stage flop in Davos

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22.01.2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom jetted off this week to heckle President Trump at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, ultimately failing spectacularly.

It’s yet another glimpse into the unserious, trolling, king-of-pulling-stunts pattern of his: grandstanding, slick preaching, hurling insults at Trump, and positioning himself as a global moral authority —- all while the state he governs descends deeper into chaos. 

And this guy wants to be president?

Newsom seeks to damage America, swinging like a Barbie on a wrecking ball, rather than embracing our nation’s rise. 

He tried and failed to coax world leaders over to his own misguided side instead of rallying for a unified American resurgence after four years of disaster under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Speaking off the cuff at Davos’ forum, Newsom shamefully lectured and berated European leaders for “rolling over” on Trump’s national security, migration and trade policies, using demeaning sexual innuendo and demanding those heads of state “grow a spine,” accusing them of “complicity” in what he painted as authoritarian behavior.

He dismissed Trump’s speech (which recapped a year of dramatic improvements in America’s economy, getting a handle on crime, and tightly securing our........

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