While President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom jousted in public while both attending the World Economic Forum this week, during a meeting backstage, their interactions were jovial. 'Newsom, no stranger to faux towel snapping, gave Trump a little s*** in a jovial and jokey manner,' Halperin described. President Donald Trump (left) and Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom (right) came face-to-face at Davos on Wednesday and had an affable reunion, journalist Mark Halperin reported Thursday nightCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom listens to President Donald Trump's address in Davos Wednesday. Now Biden is represented at the White House as an autopen portrait. Ahead of the speech, however, Trump and Newsom exchanged pleasantriesSimilarly, it went back to politics as usual once Trump and Newsom went their separate ways.

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2026 01:52 UTC