California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to dodge some of the economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.
He’s going to ask other nations to kindly leave California out of it.
The embattled Newsom took to X on Friday and shared a video of himself explaining the request.
TO OUR TRADING PARTNERS AROUND THE GLOBE — California is here and ready to talk.
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We will not sit idly by during Trump’s tariff war.
We make up 14% of the US GDP. We’re the 5th largest economy in the world.
We’re not scared to use our market power to fight back against the… pic.twitter.com/yTfbcWW1sO
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 4, 2025
“Donald Trump’s tariffs do not represent all Americans,” Newsom
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