How Gavin Newsom is balancing the fight against Trump with Los Angeles fire relief
Santa Monica Daily Press
April 25, 2025, 10:00 pm
Once a leading voice in the anti-Trump resistance, Newsom traveled to Los Angeles and then Washington, D.C. to meet with the president and lobby for federal assistance. Trump rewarded his outreach with a détente — ceasing reference to the governor as “Newscum” and publicly promising that an “L.A. fire fix” was coming.
