'You are excused from this conversation': Gavin Newsom didn't just drop the mic ⏤ he gave Donald Trump a 'brutal takedown'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : In a now-viral post on X, user Ron Smith shared a screenshot of the interaction between Newsom and Trump in the midst of the state's wildfire season of 2019.
46% : At this point, Newsom and Trump should step away from their keyboards and get in an actual ring.
43% : In a post on Truth Social (where else?), Trump addressed the governor as "Gavin Newscum" (which feels reminiscent of the equally weak "Tampon Tim") and said he "is the blame for" the "virtually apocalyptic" conditions currently ravaging southern California.
40% : It's not just a searing two-sentence read, but a fitting one, since Trump has in the past said climate change was "invented by the Chinese," that he doesn't know if global warming is "manmade," and that climate concerns are driven by "global warming hoaxsters."
39% : "You don't believe in climate change," Newsom quipped, calling to mind Trump's policies around global warming and renewable energy.
28% : To back him up in his attack on Newsom, Trump had the support of his bestie, billionaire, and the quasi-FLOTUS.
22% : The resurfacing of the interaction feels particularly pertinent amid the current California wildfires since Trump and Newsom have again traded barbs over the handling of the natural disaster.
9% : "We need more politicians who are not afraid of Trump," Smith added of Newsom's clapback.
5% : As Donald Trump continues to blame Governor Gavin Newsom for the California wildfires, onlookers have resurfaced similar interactions between the pair that date back to 2019.

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