Overview

• Newsom’s press office posted a Soviet-themed meme hailing “Chairman Trump” after reports that the U.S. secured a 9.9% stake in Intel as part of a subsidy deal.
• The governor is mimicking Trump’s online style with all-caps boasts, memes and taunts, including self-branding as “America’s most popular governor.”
• He warned that California could redraw its districts after Republicans in Texas advanced a partisan remap that Trump celebrated as a major win.
• Texas’s plan passed the state senate and is projected to yield five additional Republican-held U.S. House seats, according to the coverage.
• Newsom’s social reach has surged, with TikTok followers rising from about 500,000 to roughly 1.8 million and reported Google searches up tenfold, fueling 2028 speculation in media and polls.