Staff Reports
Gavin Newsom flew to Davos and, rather than defending American sovereignty, openly urged European leaders to take a tougher line against President Trump, even employing profane language to drive his point home. The California governor’s performance at the World Economic Forum was less a statesmanlike appeal and more a celebrity act, cheering on foreign elites to oppose America’s elected leader.
At the forum Newsom complained about what he called complicity from world leaders and warned that diplomacy with Mr. Trump risks being devoured unless other nations stand firm, invoking colorful metaphors and swearing to make his case. For someone who claims to represent Californians, publicly cajoling Europe to confront the White House is an astonishing breach of basic patriotism and common sense.
The backdrop for Newsom’s grandstanding was real: Mr. Trump addressed Davos with hardline trade threats and proposals around Greenland and tariffs that have rattled European capitals, sharpening the divide between America First policies and globalist sentiment. The standoff at Davos is not abstract academic chatter; it’s about who puts their own citizens first and who bows to the international order of bureaucracy and entitlement.
Patriots should be clear-eyed: elected officials do not get a pass to solicit foreign opposition to their domestic rivals. Newsom’s plea for Europe to “stand united” against an American president reads like a desperate audition for a national ticket rather than the conduct of a governor sworn to his state and country. This is the sort of backdoor alignment with global elites that conservatives have warned about for years.
Davos remains a playground for the same left-leaning technocrats who lecture the world while outsourcing the consequences of their policies to ordinary citizens. That Newsom chose that stage to bash an American president—rather than defend American interests or address real domestic problems in California—exposes his priorities: prestige and optics over the working families who pay the bills.
If Newsom is angling for higher office, American voters should judge him by how readily he courts foreign podiums to attack domestic opponents. We need leaders who put America first, not governors who whisper to European elites and cheer when they push back against our President. It’s time for hardworking Americans to reject this Davos-infused elitism and demand loyalty to the country, not to global showpieces.
