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Newsom Tempers 2028 Talk on Meet the Press, Elevates Prop 50 and Hard-Edged Strategy Toward Trump

Harris, in a separate interview, kept the door open to a 2028 bid.

President Donald Trump last spoke with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after Trump deployed thousands of federal troops to Los Angeles in June, Newsom says.
Calfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom calls the president’s deployment of federal troops to Los Angeles “nothing but pageantry.”
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown promoting California’s Prop. 50 redistricting measure Saturday in Los Angeles, says  he will decide whether to run for president after the 2026 midterm elections. 

Overview

  • Pressed on whether he wants to be president, Newsom replied "I don't," softening last week's comment that he would give a 2028 run serious thought after the 2026 midterms.
  • He said his current focus is California's Proposition 50 and "fair and free elections," casting the redistricting push as central to Democrats' 2026 strategy.
  • Newsom defended parodying the president’s online style, saying it is meant to "put a mirror up to that madness" rather than normalize it.
  • He said he would take a call from President Trump "in a nanosecond" but noted they have not spoken in months, with their last conversation following Trump's federalization of National Guard troops in June.
  • On Biden, Newsom lauded the record and said he "never had" doubts about capacity except for concerns after a 2024 fundraiser, adding he raised worries privately after the debate.