California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) went off on President Donald Trump’s nuclear testing announcement in an upcoming interview with Meet the Press.
During an interview with Kristen Welker for NBC News’ Meet the Press ,Newsom was asked about Trump announcing the United States would resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than 30 years.
“Do you think President Trump would actually use a nuclear weapon?” Welker asked Newsom.
Newsom called Trump “historically weak” and said the move is simply him “masquerading in strength.”
The governor argued:
He doesn’t even know – he said the Pentagon should do it. Wake up, Mr. President. I know he may have jet lag. It’s the Department of Energy. He doesn’t even know which agency is responsible for that. He may want to learn about computational capacity at the Department of Energy to test this technology. And may want to look back at the record books, to your point, 1992 since the last time we did – look, this is weakness masquerading in strength. This is classic Trump and Trumpism. This guy is historically weak and these are acts of a weak person that is trying to appear strong. He has – it has the form and substance of fog.
Newsom added that he was “embarrassed” recently watching Trump with China President Xi Jinping. Trump left a meeting with China’s leader this week and rated it a “12” out of 10. The meeting came amidst trade war tensions and ended with China pausing its new restrictions on rare earth minerals while Trump will cut down on tariffs against the country.
“I was embarrassed. I was humiliated watching the President of the United States in front of Xi. ‘We’re good.’ And I mean, he was negotiating away this country in the first five minutes of the photo op. He came back with nothing. He got played by President Xi,” Newsom said.
Welker returned back to topic of nuclear weapons and whether Trump would ever use one.
“Just to go back to my question though, do you think he would actually use a nuclear weapon, Governor?” she asked.
Newsom chalked up Trump’s nuclear talk to him being “performative.”
“No, you know, it’s interesting. I’ve had one or two private conversations with him where he actually calmed me a little bit talking about nuclear weapons,” the governor said. “So I don’t believe that – it’s rabble – it’s again, he’s trying to masquerade as a patriot, trying to masquerade, he’s trying to overcompensate, to be a tough guy. The only guy who’s been doing this is Kim Jong Un.”
Trump announced the nuclear testing due to countries like Russia and China.
“Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
Watch above via NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.
The post Trump’s Move to Resume Nuke Testing ‘Is Weakness Masquerading in Strength,’ Newsom Tells Meet the Press first appeared on Mediaite.
Trump’s Move to Resume Nuke Testing ‘Is Weakness Masquerading in Strength,’ Newsom Tells Meet the Press THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-31 17:48:16 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
