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SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a starring Democratic professional of President Donald Trump, says helium volition see moving for the White House successful 2028 aft the midterm elections adjacent year.
Asked successful an interrogation with "CBS Sunday Morning" whether if would beryllium just to accidental helium would springiness a run superior thought aft the November 2026 vote, the term-limited politician said, "I'd beryllium lying otherwise."
Newsom has been trying to rise his nationalist profile, adopting a combative benignant that parodies Trump's societal media strategy with akin all-caps posts, memes and merchandise.
The Democratic politician has sparred with the Republican president implicit the deployment of the California National Guard pursuing migration protests and Trump's redistricting moves successful Texas. Newsom has besides led a run to redraw California's ain maps to adhd 5 Democratic U.S. House seats successful effect to the changes successful Texas. Voting is underway connected the alleged Proposition 50 and concludes Nov. 4.
"I'm looking guardant to who presents themselves successful 2028 and who meets that moment. And that's the question for the American people," helium said successful the interrogation that aired Sunday.
The feud betwixt Trump and Newsom does not look similar it's going distant anytime soon. On Thursday, Trump acknowledged helium had agreed to halt a planned amusement of national unit planned for this play successful San Francisco aft appeals from tech executives and the mayor. Newsom was politician of San Francisco betwixt 2004 and 2011.
In the interview, Newsom described Trump arsenic an "invasive species."
"He's a wrecking ball. Not conscionable the symbolism and substance of the East Wing," Newsom said, referring to the demolition of that portion of the White House to physique a ballroom. "He's wrecking alliances, truth, trust, tradition, institutions."
Earlier this year, Newsom launched a podcast successful an effort to marque himself arsenic a centrist. During the show, helium has held conversations with influential figures each crossed the governmental spectrum, from precocious blimpish Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated connected a assemblage field tour, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Trump strategist Steve Bannon, to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 moving mate, and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat.
Meanwhile, erstwhile Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris isn't ruling retired different tally for the White House.
In an interrogation with the BBC posted Saturday, Harris said she expects a pistillate volition beryllium president successful the coming years, and it could "possibly" beryllium her.
"I americium not done," she said.
The erstwhile vice president said she hasn't decided whether to equine a 2028 statesmanlike campaign. But she dismissed the proposition that she'd look agelong odds.
"I person lived my full vocation a beingness of work and it's successful my bones. And determination are galore ways to serve," she said. "I've ne'er listened to polls."
She's precocious fixed a bid of interviews pursuing the September merchandise of her book, "107 Days." It looks backmost connected her acquisition replacing then-President Joe Biden arsenic the 2024 Democratic statesmanlike nominee aft helium dropped retired of the race.
She yet mislaid to Republican President Donald Trump.
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