US EditionShould Democrats use memes? Gov. Newsom goes from policy to punchlines
- California Governor Gavin Newsom has relentlessly trolled Donald Trump on social media during 2025, gaining national attention.
- His trolling originated partly as a response to misinformation spread online during California's January wildfires, which his office actively fought.
- Newsom's tactics include mocking Trump, his allies like Lara Trump, and mimicking Trump's social media style via his press office account.
- Conservative lawyer George Conway praised Newsom's approach as what Democrats should have done for nine years, while strategist Lis Smith called it effective trolling but insufficient as a sole strategy.
- Newsom's trolling has raised his national profile and energized some Democratic voters, but its impact on broader voter sway and party strategy remains uncertain.
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The Independent
The Independent (US)The Trump rant that turned Newsom into troll-in-chief
California governor’s punchy trolling of President Trump stems from countering storm of misinformation during LA wildfires
Gavin Newsom Has Memes, But There is No There, There
Gavin Newsom has memes and dunks, but does he have anything else? The California governor has received a lot of attention lately for adopting a new persona as the most prominent troll of President Donald Trump and Republicans. Some news outlets have called this his “dark woke” pivot, noting that he’s using Trump’s tactics against him. This is certainly boosting the profile of a man who very obviously wants nothing more than to be the Democrat 2…
Letters to the Editor: Other Democrats should join in on Newsom’s social media trolling
'Newsom is doing what every decent and sane leader of our country should be doing: He's throwing Trump's mean and crude social media posts in the faces of all Republicans,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
Capital letters, humiliating nicknames and childish memes: California's Governor Gavin Newsom makes fun of the president in the social networks with Donald Trump's own tactics. The mud battle provides a foretaste for 2028.
Governor Gavin Newsom has succeeded in exposing Trump's absurdity with a new media strategy, experts say.
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