Gavin Newsom

Every news cycle, there's another zig and zag. It's chaotic. There's no rhyme or reason. I'll give you a specific example. Just this morning, in anticipation of meeting with Chinese counterparts in Geneva, he decided to negotiate against himself, the great negotiator, from 145% tariffs imposed on China. Now he says, well, maybe it should be 80%. Who knows what happens in the next few hours?

Every news cycle, there's another zig and zag. It's chaotic. There's no rhyme or reason. I'll give you a specific example. Just this morning, in anticipation of meeting with Chinese counterparts in Geneva, he decided to negotiate against himself, the great negotiator, from 145% tariffs imposed on China. Now he says, well, maybe it should be 80%. Who knows what happens in the next few hours?

And if you're someone that's buying goods from overseas, from China, how do you make a decision? Maybe you wait another week, maybe another month and see if it gets down to 10% like it is in the UK. It's an absurd, absurd rollout and it's profoundly impactful. He's wrecking the economy of the United States and California as the temple of the economy is being impacted more than anybody else.

And if you're someone that's buying goods from overseas, from China, how do you make a decision? Maybe you wait another week, maybe another month and see if it gets down to 10% like it is in the UK. It's an absurd, absurd rollout and it's profoundly impactful. He's wrecking the economy of the United States and California as the temple of the economy is being impacted more than anybody else.

And if you're someone that's buying goods from overseas, from China, how do you make a decision? Maybe you wait another week, maybe another month and see if it gets down to 10% like it is in the UK. It's an absurd, absurd rollout and it's profoundly impactful. He's wrecking the economy of the United States and California as the temple of the economy is being impacted more than anybody else.

California is now the fourth largest economy in the world. Innovation, manufacturing, agriculture. And we've done it by reducing trade barriers and delivering for American consumers. But the Trump administration is putting all of that at risk, halting delivery of essential goods through our ports. Today, it's school backpacks. In a few months, it'll be Christmas toys.

California is now the fourth largest economy in the world. Innovation, manufacturing, agriculture. And we've done it by reducing trade barriers and delivering for American consumers. But the Trump administration is putting all of that at risk, halting delivery of essential goods through our ports. Today, it's school backpacks. In a few months, it'll be Christmas toys.

California is now the fourth largest economy in the world. Innovation, manufacturing, agriculture. And we've done it by reducing trade barriers and delivering for American consumers. But the Trump administration is putting all of that at risk, halting delivery of essential goods through our ports. Today, it's school backpacks. In a few months, it'll be Christmas toys.

These tariffs punish families and risk ending America's run as the world's greatest economy. Take it from California. We're the ones leading it.

These tariffs punish families and risk ending America's run as the world's greatest economy. Take it from California. We're the ones leading it.

These tariffs punish families and risk ending America's run as the world's greatest economy. Take it from California. We're the ones leading it.

No, it's very real. It's very raw. I was walking with some of the dock workers and some meeting with truckers just in Oakland, California, the northern part of California, that's down 20%, down 35% in Southern California. Bookings moving forward down 60%. It takes days and days and days. It takes weeks and weeks and weeks

No, it's very real. It's very raw. I was walking with some of the dock workers and some meeting with truckers just in Oakland, California, the northern part of California, that's down 20%, down 35% in Southern California. Bookings moving forward down 60%. It takes days and days and days. It takes weeks and weeks and weeks

No, it's very real. It's very raw. I was walking with some of the dock workers and some meeting with truckers just in Oakland, California, the northern part of California, that's down 20%, down 35% in Southern California. Bookings moving forward down 60%. It takes days and days and days. It takes weeks and weeks and weeks

for decisions being made overseas and purchase orders to go into effect before they end up on the shelves. So decisions that are being made today or the indecisions around making commitments will have a profound impact on tomorrow. And that's why this can't be easily fixed. I think Trump's in a bit of a panic. He recognizes the damage now he's done.

for decisions being made overseas and purchase orders to go into effect before they end up on the shelves. So decisions that are being made today or the indecisions around making commitments will have a profound impact on tomorrow. And that's why this can't be easily fixed. I think Trump's in a bit of a panic. He recognizes the damage now he's done.

for decisions being made overseas and purchase orders to go into effect before they end up on the shelves. So decisions that are being made today or the indecisions around making commitments will have a profound impact on tomorrow. And that's why this can't be easily fixed. I think Trump's in a bit of a panic. He recognizes the damage now he's done.

I think he's trying to reconcile that with the markets, but there's something now bigger than the markets around consumer confidence. It's around investments and business decisions that are being made and the impact that's going to have over the course of the next many months, including, and yes, I'll highlight because I have kids and forgive me, I'll double down again on school supplies.

I think he's trying to reconcile that with the markets, but there's something now bigger than the markets around consumer confidence. It's around investments and business decisions that are being made and the impact that's going to have over the course of the next many months, including, and yes, I'll highlight because I have kids and forgive me, I'll double down again on school supplies.

I think he's trying to reconcile that with the markets, but there's something now bigger than the markets around consumer confidence. It's around investments and business decisions that are being made and the impact that's going to have over the course of the next many months, including, and yes, I'll highlight because I have kids and forgive me, I'll double down again on school supplies.