"Stop being complicit. It's time to stand tall and firm, have a backbone," Newsom told reporters. "I've seen this in the United States, this supine Congress, playing both sides - saying one thing in a text or a tweet and another publicly. It's time to have principle."
"I can't take this complicity. People rolling over. I should've brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders," Newsom said. "I mean handing out crowns. I mean this is pathetic. Nobel prizes that are being given away."
"I mean it's just pathetic, and I hope people understand how pathetic they look on the world stage. I mean, at least from an American perspective, it's embarrassing."
"Diplomacy with Donald Trump? He's a T-Rex. You mate with him or he devours you. One or the other ... Wake up! Where the hell has everybody been? Stop with this (expletive) diplomacy of sort of niceties and somehow we're all going to figure it out, saying one thing privately and another publicly. Have some spine, some goddamn (expletive)."
World leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos where the future of Greenland became a central topic. President Donald Trump planned to attend and insisted the United States needs Greenland for national security, calling it imperative. Governor Gavin Newsom attended early and publicly criticized European leaders for failing to take a firmer stance against Trump's push for Greenland. Newsom used forceful language, called the behavior pathetic, and labeled Trump a T-Rex while urging leaders to show backbone. Trump warned eight NATO allies with tariffs of 10% starting Feb. 1 and 25% in June.
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