California Gov. Gavin Newsom took aim at President Donald Trump’s beef import plans by resurrecting one of the most iconic ads of the 1980s.

Newsom shared a mock-up on X of Wendy’s classic “Where’s the beef?” commercial, overlaid with a Fox News headline reading, “BEEF PRICES HIT RECORD HIGH.” As the clip played, Trump’s face appeared on one of the hamburger buns—mouth agape, looking bewildered.

The original 1984 ad, starring 81-year-old Clara Peller, became a pop culture sensation after she barked the line “Where’s the beef?” at a competitor’s skimpy hamburger.

Wendy’s used the slogan to boast that its patties contained more meat than those sold by McDonald’s or Burger King. The phrase became a shorthand for calling out empty promises, even entering the realm of politics when Walter

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