Gov. Newsom says he’ll take into account presidential run after 2026 midterms – Day by day Information

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a number one Democratic critic of President Donald Trump, says he’ll take into account operating for the White Home in 2028 after the midterm elections subsequent yr.

Requested in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” whether or not if can be honest to say he would give a marketing campaign critical thought after the November 2026 vote, the term-limited governor mentioned, “I’d be mendacity in any other case.”

Newsom has been attempting to boost his nationwide profile, adopting a combative type that parodies Trump’s social media technique with related all-caps posts, memes and merchandise.

The Democratic governor has sparred with the Republican president over the deployment of the California Nationwide Guard following immigration protests and Trump’s redistricting strikes in Texas. Newsom has additionally led a marketing campaign to redraw California’s personal maps so as to add 5 Democratic U.S. Home seats in response to the modifications in Texas. Voting is underway on the so-called Proposition 50 and concludes Nov. 4.

“I’m trying ahead to who presents themselves in 2028 and who meets that second. And that’s the query for the American individuals,” he mentioned within the interview that aired Sunday.

The feud between Trump and Newsom doesn’t seem to be it’s going away anytime quickly. On Thursday, Trump acknowledged he had agreed to halt a deliberate present of federal drive deliberate for this weekend in San Francisco after appeals from tech executives and the mayor. Newsom was mayor of San Francisco between 2004 and 2011.

Within the interview, Newsom described Trump as an “invasive species.”

“He’s a wrecking ball. Not simply the symbolism and substance of the East Wing,” Newsom mentioned, referring to the demolition of that a part of the White Home to construct a ballroom. “He’s wrecking alliances, reality, belief, custom, establishments.”

Earlier this yr, Newsom launched a podcast in an effort to model himself as a centrist. In the course of the present, he has held conversations with influential figures all throughout the political spectrum, from late conservative Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on a school campus tour, in addition to former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 operating mate, and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat.