California Governor Gavin Newsom sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash, throwing out an absurd theory about President Donald Trump’s capacity.
The successful questioning of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities has encouraged Democrats to employ the same tactic against Trump, perhaps in the hope of having a similar result. Joining CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Newsom addressed the Supreme Court striking down Trump’s tariffs, calling the president “a shadow of himself.”
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“The Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump’s tariffs this week. He‘s already using different authorities to impose a 15% global tariff, vowing to forge ahead even without Congress. What do you do?” Bash asked the governor.
“Well, what does anyone do? Are you going to move your factory from overseas and onshore it with 150-day certainty on a 15% tax or tariff? I mean, the whole thing is a farce. I talk about petulance. It was 10% two days ago, maybe 20% tomorrow. I mean, this is madness,” Newsom responded. “He‘s flailing, he‘s a punch-drunk boxer. He‘s just, you know, he‘s just trying to hit anything, the shadow. And he‘s a shadow of himself, he‘s lost a step or two.”
“Under the IEEPA, we were the first state to sue. I was out there in the central valley talking about how this was going to impact ranchers, small businesses, and farmers, the ag community in my state, larger than any other state in the country. And Justice Roberts, by the way, basically our arguments were literally laid out in detail in his response. So it was always an illegal act. He needs to return that money. He needs to refund that money with interest. He can do that in a nanosecond. They can do that electronically,” he added.
“How?” Bash pressed.
“They can do it electronically. They have the tariff codes. They have the ability; they do refunds all the time. They have the ability to do that,” Newsom said. “The problem is, for families, it‘s been about $1,701 a year. That‘s a different requirement that I think he has to pay the American people back. I saw [Treasury Secretary Scott] Bessent out there, almost gleeful. He was gleeful that, no, we won‘t be doing it. This is dumb and dumber, Trump and Bessent. They‘ve wrecked this economy, 1.4% GDP growth in the last quarter. Inflation back up to 3%. The worst jobs market we‘ve seen since 2013, 2.2% GDP for the entire year. He inherited 2.8. It‘s a wrecking ball presidency. He’s wrecking this economy. His entire economic paradigm is mass deportations, tax cuts for billionaires, and tariffs. And he‘s been exposed. He‘s a fraud. And by the way, the tariff is a self-dealing operation; this is about his personal portfolio. You know exactly what he did in Vietnam with the tariffs. He used them to get a deal on his golf course to fast-track his development. Connect the dots. This is unprecedented grift happening in real time. That‘s reflected in what just happened with the tariff decision in the Supreme Court. It was a profound moment for this administration.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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