The juggernaut that is Trump 2.0 continues, and leftists, wokeists, and globalists are desperately seeing end-runs around the new presidential vision of America First.

One of the most desperate players is California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is attempting to rebrand himself as a centrist as he tries his hand at podcasting.

He recently took a break from attempting to become the left’s Joe Rogan and announced efforts to shield the state from the economic fallout of President Donald Trump’s newly imposed tariffs, which have triggered retaliatory measures from several countries.

Newsom is behaving as if California is its own country and is pursuing agreements with foreign nations to exempt California-made products from these retaliatory tariffs, arguing that the state’s economy should not suffer due to federal trade policies that do not reflect the interests of all Americans.