Donald Trump lashed out at Gavin Newsom Tuesday, mimicking the California governor’s mannerisms and calling out his “strange hand action.”
Trump used Tuesday’s cabinet meeting to lambast the Democratic governor, who has emerged as a persistent irritant for the administration.
“You have an incompetent governor in... California!” he said. “Gavin. I know him very well. He’s incompetent.”
The looks-obsessed president then conceded, “He’s a nice guy, looks good,” before attempting to copy Newsom’s mannerisms. That apparently reminded him of something he’d observed while studying Newsom’s body.
“He’s got some strange hand action going on, I don’t know what the hell his problem is,” he said, gesturing wildly with his hands.
The 79-year-old president, who has been dogged by questions about