Newsom Under Fire From Trump World, But Democrats Hope His Speech Resets His Image

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting hammered by President Donald Trump, his friends and others connected nan correct – but his reside to nan federation will apt boost his deflated image among galore chap Democrats.

Newsom, speaking successful a prime-time reside pursuing days of rioting successful Los Angeles sparked by migration raids carried retired by ICE astatine nan Trump administration's direction, appeared to elevate himself arsenic leader of nan anti-Trump movement.

California's two-term governor, who is considered a imaginable contender for nan 2028 Democratic statesmanlike information owed to his clear nationalist ambitions, erstwhile again denounced Trump's deployment of complete 2,000 National Guard troops and immoderate 700 U.S. Marines to nan streets of nan nation's second-most populous city. 

But Newsom's message wasn't conscionable for residents of blue-state California.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an reside connected Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Office of California Governor via AP )

"This isn’t conscionable astir protests present in Los Angeles," Newsom declared successful his address. "This is astir each of us. This is astir you. California whitethorn beryllium first, but it intelligibly will not extremity here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is nether battle earlier our eyes."

The politician stepped up to nan sheet pinch his statement aiming to flight nan governmental wilderness pursuing past November's punishing predetermination setbacks – arsenic Democrats mislaid power of nan White House and Senate and fell short of winning backmost nan House mostly – and looking for leaders to push backmost against Trump's sweeping and arguable moves. And Newsom, pinch his address, appeared to awesome that he's 1 of nan statement leaders fresh to spearhead nan fight.

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"He is fighting back, going toed to toed pinch Trump, and Democrats and nan state are noticing," seasoned strategist Maria Cardona, a DNC committee member, told Fox News.

Newsom's reside followed days of verbal crossfire betwixt himself and Trump, aft nan president collapsed six decades of precedent by federalizing California's National Guard without nan consent of nan governor.

The politician and California's lawyer genearl are legally pushing backmost against Trump, pinch nan Democratic National Committee (DNC) taking to societal media to spotlight nan move.

And Newsom personalized nan conflict by daring nan Trump management to travel done connected a threat by Tom Homan, nan president's muscular separator czar, to apprehension him.

"In a clip wherever location are wide concerns astir nan nonaccomplishment of Democrats to afloat clasp their roles arsenic nan vocal guidance party, Gov. Gavin Newsom has recovered his voice," longtime governmental intelligence Wayne Lesperance told Fox News.

Lesperance, president of New Hampshire-based New England College, noted that Tuesday's "speech pushing backmost against nan administration's enhanced migration strategies and deployment of nan National Guard and nan Marines for rule enforcement purposes has propelled Newsom to nan forefront of nan guidance to Donald Trump."

A protester places debris successful a occurrence arsenic Border Patrol unit successful riot cogwheel and state masks guidelines defender extracurricular an business parkland successful Paramount, California, connected Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Cardona based on that "Newsom has done a terrific occupation opinionated up for California successful nan midst of an unprecedented onslaught by its ain national authorities and nan President of nan United States. He’s done 2 things extraordinarily well: he has been unequivocal successful his condemnation of immoderate unit and successful his support of section law-enforcement. And secondly, he has afloat supported California’s migrant communities arsenic they person been nan backbone of nan state’s system and they are deserving of respect, decency, humanity, and owed process."

Trump doesn't spot it that way.

"The INCOMPETENT Governor of California was incapable to supply protection successful a timely mode erstwhile our Ice Officers, GREAT Patriots they are, were attacked by an retired of power mob of agitators, troublemakers, and/or insurrectionists," nan president charged Wednesday greeting connected societal media.

And Trump said that "if our troops didn’t spell into Los Angeles, it would beryllium burning to nan crushed correct now."

The president's comments from nan Oval Office connected Tuesday and his Wednesday posts connected his Truth Social level were accompanied by a bid of blasts astatine Newsom by apical White House aides and different management officials, and nan mocking of nan politician for method glitches successful nan unrecorded provender of his address.

While nan existent situation successful galore ways forces Democrats to play defense connected Trump's strongest issues – migration and separator security, and rule and bid – it gives Newsom a chance to do immoderate harm repair pinch galore Democrats.

Newsom angered galore connected nan near successful March erstwhile he declared it was "deeply unfair" for transgender athletes to participate successful girls’ sports.

And his invitation to apical MAGA leaders, specified arsenic Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon, who joined nan politician connected nan first episodes of his caller podcast successful a hunt for communal crushed pursuing past year's elections, besides damaged Newsom's image among immoderate Democrats.

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With immoderate of nan imaginable 2028 Democratic statesmanlike information contenders already making moves and visiting immoderate of nan important early-voting states, Trump's attacks connected nan politician whitethorn beryllium handing Newsom a governmental gift.

"Ironically, President Trump's hammering of Newsom whitethorn really thief nan California politician heighten his position among statement religious and immoderate imaginable 2028 elector looking for a campaigner unafraid to spell head-to-head against nan administration," Lesperance noted. "Looking ahead, nan mobility becomes whether aliases not Newsom tin prolong himself successful this caller role."