Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has been leaning into President Donald Trump’s team’s online tactics in his feud over the response to the Los Angeles riots. Newsom and Trump have been locked in an increasingly bitter public feud over the president’s decision to send in 4,

California Republicans have found ways to convince Trump he’s helping the state rather than Newsom before, one expert said.

Donald Trump responded to the LA protests by sending in the troops, but people think his feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom boils down to more than politics.

Trump escalated his clash with Newsom after the president deployed thousands of California National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles over the weekend. Newsom said Trump should not have deployed the troops without his permission, while the president has called for the Democratic governor’s arrest.

President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) online feud has prompted candidates in California’s 2026 gubernatorial election to weigh in, some of whom condemned the riots in Los Angeles while others pushed back against the president’s response to them.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had sued Trump in an attempt to block the deployment of federal troops in the city, which Newsom has called a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”