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 (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
·London, United Kingdom
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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.
·Los Angeles, United States
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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.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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Governor Gavin Newsom has succeeded in exposing Trump's absurdity with a new media strategy, experts say.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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