In remarks Monday in the Oval Office, Trump said Newsom was "dumb" and should never be allowed to be president because he has "admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia." "I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AM OFFICIALLY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (THANK YOU DONALD!)" "To every kid with a learning disability: don't let anyone — not even the President of the United States — bully you," Newsom wrote on X. In his memoir, the governor writes about his mother, Tessa Newsom, attempting to help him with homework. "I understood even back then that this, too, came from her deep reservoir of love for me," Newsom writes in his book "Young Man in a Hurry."

Source: Los Angeles Times March 18, 2026 20:38 UTC