California Governor Gavin Newsom accused President Donald Trump of pursuing a $75 billion expansion of ICE that would create the world's largest private police force and claimed Trump intends not to leave office after a second term. Newsom recounted aides sending Trump 2028 hats and described a private White House exchange in which Trump referenced Franklin D. Roosevelt and a third term. Newsom pointed to National Guard deployments as evidence of authoritarian actions and warned of deployments to polling places. Newsom defended California's gerrymandering efforts as a response to Republican redistricting in Texas and is viewed as a potential 2028 contender.
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.
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.
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