Their clash over Trump’s deployment of military forces for anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is far from the first time the two leaders have butted heads.

California Republicans have found ways to convince Trump he’s helping the state rather than Newsom before, one expert said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has been leaning into President Donald Trump’s team’s online tactics in his feud over the response to the Los Angeles riots. Newsom and Trump have been locked in an increasingly bitter public feud over the president’s decision to send in 4,

Trump escalated his clash with Newsom after the president deployed thousands of California National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles over the weekend. Newsom said Trump should not have deployed the troops without his permission, while the president has called for the Democratic governor’s arrest.

Donald Trump responded to the LA protests by sending in the troops, but people think his feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom boils down to more than politics.

Trump blocks California gas car ban in a major political move, stopping the state’s 2035 plan to phase out gas-powered cars. Signed on June 12, 2025, this action overturns California’s authority to enforce electric vehicle rules backed by the EPA.

President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that he saved Los Angeles by deploying thousands of National Guard troops despite the wishes of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office posted this video mocking two of President Trump's "Truth Social" posts about using the military to shut down riots in Los Angeles, by reading them in the voice of the evil galactic emperor from Star Wars.