Critics of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) proposed 2025-2026 budget are pushing back on claims that President Donald Trump is to blame for the $12 billion shortfall and say the leader has been overspending revenues he erroneously declared the state had for the past three years.
They argue that Newsom shifting the blame on Trump for the state’s financial woes is part of a highly orchestrated plan to mask that Newsom’s office claimed the state had an almost $100 billion surplus — and blew through it — long before January, when devastating wildfires hit Los Angeles and Trump was inaugurated.
President Donald Trump talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) after arriving on Air Force One on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Los Angeles International Airport. (AP Photo/Mark
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