Report: Trump and Gavin Newsom Had a Surprising Interaction When They Crossed Paths at Davos

President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly had a friendly backstage chat at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, despite the recent barbs exchanged in public.

Political commentator Mark Halperin posted Friday on social media, “According to sources in both camps, the two men engaged in affable small talk backstage in a wide hallway area before the president’s speech.”

“There was friendly banter all around, and mutual laughter when the president announced, ‘Gavin, we’re good,’” Halperin said. “Newsom, no stranger to faux towel snapping, gave Trump a little s*** in a jovial and jokey manner.”

Halperin noted that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and press secretary Karoline Leavitt also engaged Newsom in a friendly manner. In contrast, deputy chief of