Watch All Shows Victor Davis Hanson Tony Kinnett Daily Signal Signal Sitdown

Watch All Shows Victor Davis Hanson Tony Kinnett Daily Signal Signal Sitdown

Home – California Politics & News – Newsom Calls Trump ‘Biggest Loser’ on 80th Birthday as President Negotiates Iran Deal

Newsom Calls Trump ‘Biggest Loser’ on 80th Birthday as President Negotiates Iran Deal

In ancient Athens at the height of the Peloponnesian War, the politician Cleon rose as the archetype of the demagogue. Thucydides, the great historian and fellow general, described him as a crude orator who first introduced shouting, vulgar abuse, thigh-slapping, and theatrical strutting into the Assembly—habits that lowered the tone of Athenian politics and encouraged irresponsibility.

Aristophanes, in his comedy “Knights,” caricatured Cleon as a corrupt, flattering slave who kept power by pandering to the people’s worst impulses, blackmailing rivals, and enriching himself while professing love for the common man.

Both witnesses saw the same danger—Cleon didn’t just break decorum; he made its destruction profitable. He saved his sharpest personal attacks for moments when the city needed steadiness and unity the most—because manufactured outrage bound his followers tighter and faster than any constructive policy ever could.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has been running the same script in 21st-century California.

For years Newsom positioned himself as the adult in the room whenever Joe Biden came under fire. When Republicans pointed to the former president’s obvious physical and mental decline, slurred speeches, and policy wreckage, Newsom lectured them sternly about “cheap shots” and “obsessing over age.” 

He called Biden’s long career a strength, not a liability, barnstormed swing states telling Democrats to “buck up” and back Biden, while insisting that any focus on the president’s fitness was “unworthy” of real politics. Decorum mattered, he said. Unity mattered. Personal attacks had no place in governing.

$22 Million Gun........

© The Daily Signal