Overview

• Newsom shared an Oct. 8 video from a White House roundtable on Antifa that showed Trump appearing to close his eyes, tagging him "Dozy Don."
• California’s Gov. Press Office reposted the clip on X with the caption "DOZY DON IS BACK! TOO MUCH 'TYLENOL??'"
• During the same event, Trump appeared to perk up when Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned progress toward a Gaza peace deal, which the president later announced.
• Newsom has used his official Press Office X account and his Instagram to circulate parodies of Trump’s rhetoric, a tactic he has leaned on as his national profile grows ahead of a widely expected 2028 bid.
• Trump’s physician said in 2018 that he sleeps four to five hours a night, and Trump has publicly downplayed the need for sleep in past campaign remarks.