President Donald Trump has claimed Gov. Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the presidential race following a war of words with the California chief executive’s wife.
The president posted on Truth Social on Monday night: “Wow! Gavin Newscum just dropped out of the Presidential Race!!!”
Newsom’s press team quickly hit back, writing on X: “WOW. THE PRESIDENT IS SUNDOWNING HARDER THAN USUAL TONIGHT!!!”
(The term “sundowning” refers to a pattern of increased confusion, agitation and other behavioral disturbances among some dementia sufferers that increases as daylight wanes.)
It followed a bizarre online fight between Trump and Jennifer Siebel Newsom over the US women’s Olympic hockey team.
Gov. Gavin Newsom at a Democratic Party event at the Carter-Sullivan American Legion in South Carolina, Feb. 23. Getty Images
She mocked the president over the athletes’ refusal to visit the White House after he jokingly told the men’s team he would be impeached if he did not invite both gold medal-winning teams.
Siebel Newsom wrote: “Clearly they prefer arenas where women are actually respected! As they should.”
Gov. Newsom has not officially launched his 2028 presidential run, though speculation is rife as he tours the US promoting his new memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry.”
Earlier this week, he suggested he would not make a bid for the Oval Office if his wife and four children were against it.
President Trump during an Angel Families ceremony at the White House on Feb. 23 in Washington, DC. Getty ImagesAsked what would stand in his way, he told CNN, “There are five of them.”
“It will be done as a family and it’ll be done as a unit. It will be done as a partnership.”
When pressed on whether his family actually wants him to run, Newsom admitted, “It depends on the day.”
He recalled how one of his sons recently texted him a headline suggesting he was gearing up for a presidential campaign and asked if it was true.
“I said, ‘No, I will do this as a family,’” Newsom asserted. His son replied, “You can’t,” adding, “I’m too young, You need to spend more time with us.”
“How do you deal with that one?” Newsom asked CNN’s Dana Bash. “I’m busted.”
Newsom’s four children range in age from 9 to 16.
The governor has steadily built a national profile, sparring with Trump on social media and popping up at high-profile international events, fueling speculation about higher ambitions.
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