"Whaddya think about Newscum? It's pretty good, isn't it? the California governor recalled Trump asking him, referring to the nickname the president had coined. Newsom said he replied: Well, it's not really original. There was literally a guy in seventh grade on Baltimore Street who used to call me that. The tete-a-tete offers a window into the idiosyncratic relationship between Newsom and Trump."
"At a Bloomberg event in San Francisco on Thursday, Newsom blasted Trump on a wide range of policies, saying he was a threat to democracy with a wrecking-ball presidency. Yet he also said our relationship, strangely, is normal, personal, after recounting the phone conversation with Trump last year. Earlier this month at Davos, Trump couldn't help but acknowledge his rival during his speech after Newsom was spotted watching it leaning against a wall. Gavin's a good guy, Trump declared."
Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump exchange cordial private interactions despite intense public criticism and ideological opposition. A phone conversation before a planned deployment to Los Angeles involved Trump joking about Newsom's nickname 'Newscum' and Newsom responding with a reminiscence about a childhood tease. Newsom publicly labeled Trump a threat to democracy and criticized his presidency, yet described their personal relationship as normal and even jovial. Trump has publicly noted that many politicians compliment him privately while criticizing him publicly and said he reciprocates. Newsom is in his final year as governor and is viewed as a potential 2028 presidential contender.
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