President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
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Trump → address → Tuesday
Naturally, Gavin Newsom showed up at UN headquarters the next day to play junior president.
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Newsom → show → president
Trump stood at the famous green-marble podium in the massive General Assembly Hall addressing presidents and prime ministers.
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Trump → stand → presidents
Newsom spoke in a smaller chamber upstairs, on a climate panel with governors and mayors.
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Newsom → speak → governors
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Report → start → news
California’s governor held forth on American foreign policy, congressional elections, the Founding Fathers, global energy policy and America’s moral standing.
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governor → hold → policy
He even told his international audience that “there’s probably nothing more important” than ending Trump’s presidency “as we know it” by electing a Democratic House in November.
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we → tell → November
Newsom proudly announced that California is “the most un-Trump state in the United States of America.”
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California → announce → America
Well, except for 6,081,697 Californians who voted for Trump in 2024.
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who → vote → 2024
Trump actually received more votes in California than in 47 other states.
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Trump → receive → states
Only Texas and Florida gave him more.
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Texas → give → more
But why let 6.1 million Californians interrupt President Newsom’s international debut?
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Californians → let → debut
Then came the California miracle.
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miracle → come → ?
Newsom told the UN that California “runs every day on two-thirds clean energy.”
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California → tell → energy
His own administration says 67% of California’s retail electricity sales come from clean sources.
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% → say → sources
Those retail sales exclude gasoline, diesel and natural gas.
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sales → exclude → gasoline
Apparently, none of that counts as energy when Gavin Newsom is explaining California to the world.
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Newsom → count → world
Newsom did himself one better, declaring that nine out of 10 days this year California “is run on 100% clean energy.”
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California → do → energy
The state says clean electricity met or exceeded demand for only part of those days — an average of 6.3 hours a day, not 24.
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electricity → say → hours
Newsom turned part of a day into an entire day.
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Newsom → turn → day
You know, the sunny part, before everyone gets home and starts using electricity.
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everyone → know → electricity
Newsom also made the case for the regulatory state, even taking credit for creating Elon Musk: “There is no — forgive us — Elon Musk without California’s regulatory system, that created the certainty where he could make the investments that ultimately became Tesla.”
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that → make → investments
Tesla already existed when he invested in it — and it was going nowhere, despite California’s “regulatory system.”
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it → exist → system
You’re welcome, Elon.
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You → ’re → ?
Newsom confuses a regulatory system with the rule of law.
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Newsom → confuse → law
The rule of law creates certainty.
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rule → create → certainty
Too many regulations create uncertainty.
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regulations → create → uncertainty
The rules become arbitrary and incomprehensible, and unelected bureaucrats act on whims.
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bureaucrats → become → whims
California, Newsom announced, has enjoyed 40% GDP growth since 2019, adding that “no jurisdiction in America” has grown faster.
Sure — if you don’t adjust for inflation.
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you → announce → inflation
So the soaring price of practically everything Californians buy isn’t merely a cost-of-living crisis anymore.
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Californians → soar → living
Turns out we’ve been experiencing economic growth.
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we → turn → growth
But adjust for inflation and California looks considerably less miraculous.
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California → adjust → inflation
The Public Policy Institute of California reports California averaged 3% annual real GDP growth from 2020 through 2025.
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California → report → 2025
At one point Newsom went full Kamala Harris: “If you don’t like the way the world looks when you’re standing up, stand on your head and go local.”
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you → go → head
I’ve read that sentence several times.
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I → read → sentence
I still have no idea what the hell he was talking about.
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he → have → hell
Newsom also congratulated California for reducing man-made greenhouse-gas emissions by double digits.
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Newsom → congratulate → digits
California’s official greenhouse-gas inventory measures man-made emissions, so wildfire emissions aren’t included.
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emissions → measure → emissions
A UCLA-led study estimated that the catastrophic 2020 fires alone emitted about 127 million metric tons — nearly twice what California had cut over the previous 18 years.
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California → lead → years
Apparently carbon is an existential threat when it comes out of your SUV.
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it → come → SUV
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