Gavin Newsom of California has poured cold water on Donald Trump’s claim that he called the president “one of the smartest people I’ve ever met” in a private telephone call. But Newsom, a Democrat, dismissed Trump’s version of events on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°.”“You can’t make this up, Anderson,” the governor said. “The people in those communities appreciated not only his time and attention but appreciated his commitments that he made.”But Newsom said his thanks “somehow” got conflated by Trump. “I think we hear what we want to hear,” he continued. “So no, I can’t admit, quote, unquote, to what I said privately because that’s not what I said.”Check out the segment here:

Source: Huffington Post March 12, 2019 09:56 UTC