Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent continued his attacks on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, using the Democrat’s jabs about world leaders needing “kneepads” to appease President Trump against him. The war of the words erupted at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this week,

Newsom’s scheduled interview in Davos was canceled Wednesday after the Trump administration denied him access to the official U.S. venue.

At Davos, the California governor criticized Trump, was blocked from the US pavilion, traded insults, waved kneepads, and fueled 2028 speculation.

Gavin Newsom appeared to backtrack on inflammatory rhetoric from his own press team during a tense interview with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Thursday. The California Governor was grilled by Sharpio on his own podcast “This is Gavin Newsom” in an exchange in which the two clashed over immigration enforcement,

Responding to Newsom’s recent comparison of President Donald Trump to a Tyrannosaurus rex, Bessent made his own dinosaur comparison for the governor.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked Gavin Newsom as Alex Soros’ “billionaire sugar daddy" after the governor complained world leaders were rolling over for Trump.

California governor calls President Trump an ‘invasive species’ and accuses him of ‘cosplaying on the world stage’ in scathing comments at Swiss economic summit

Newsom used his initial press interviews in Switzerland on Monday to call global leaders and European allies “pathetic ” for not pushing back against President Donald Trump more aggressively. And today, Newsom is expected to offer a blistering critique of Trump’s economic policies and the global powerbrokers who enable him.