US EditionCatherine Prasifka: Donald Trump’s ‘Gotcha Politics’ Made Him King – Now Gavin Newsom Is After His Crown
Gavin Newsom has increased his social media following by 450% since June, using confrontational tactics to challenge Donald Trump and appeal to Democratic voters.
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Catherine Prasifka: Donald Trump’s ‘gotcha politics’ made him king – now Gavin Newsom is after his crown
A political shift is happening on X. Recently, your feed may have been dominated by AI-generated photos of California governor Gavin Newsom. He might have been riding a dinosaur and waving the American flag, splashed on the cover of a fake Time magazine or being awarded the Nobel prize in trolling. Each one is a targeted attack on Trump, using his language – and the language of social media – against him.
The Governor of California, whom Trump had described in June as "incompetent," launched a campaign of political satire, copying the style of the president and even deviating the slogan MAGA
The Democratic Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, excites the network with Trump parody. Gavin copies the US president's style in his social media posts – and makes his followers explode.
The governor of California bombards Donald Trump with disrespectful tweets and memes. He holds the president's mirror. But this ultimately hurts himself and his party.
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