Gavin Newsom has revealed new details about how the president phoned him to throw playground taunts and boast about MAGA merch sales instead of discussing anti-ICE protests in California.

Newsom said the call, on the eve of President Donald Trump sending National Guard troops into Los Angeles to quell street protests against ICE raids, notably failed even to mention the public safety crisis.

“He called me… and all he wanted... he wanted to brag about the ‘Newscum’ thing,” the California governor told MeidasTouch founder Ben Meiselas, referring to the nickname Trump has used since at least last November.

“He said, ‘It’s pretty funny, isn’t it?’ He goes, ‘Pretty original.’ I said, ‘Well, it’s not original.’”

Newsom has previously said the moniker was used against him by bullies at scho

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