The California governor accused the Trump administration of blocking a planned speech in Davos and criticized business leaders for their dealings with the president.

The White House called California Gov. Gavin Newsom a nobody who has been “frolicking around Switzerland,” in response to claims the Trump administration shut him out of an event at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Newsom’s scheduled interview in Davos was canceled Wednesday after the Trump administration denied him access to the official U.S. venue.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has taken his fight with President Trump from the United States and online to Davos, Switzerland, elevating it to a global stage. Newsom spent much of Wednesday at Davos needling the president,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom showed off kneepads he’s selling on his website during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, waving the crude anti-Trump campaign merch onstage at the elite forum. The $100 red kneepads were available for pre-order on Newsom’s website,

To illustrate his point, Newsom waved around kneepads for corporate leaders who he said were kneeling to Trump.

Newsom’s appearance is reminiscent of last year’s trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, where he stepped into the American void left by Trump’s absence.

President Donald Trump appears to be looking back on his relationship with Gavin Newsom through rose-colored glasses. The California governor, however, doesn’t seem to share the sentiment. Trump, 79,

The California governor told CNN that many of Trump's remarks were jaw-dropping that fly in the face of facts.

The California governor is slated to speak one day after the president's address.

Trump’s top economic adviser said that Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate and longstanding Trump foe, has a “brain the size of a walnut” and that he knows “less about economics than” former Vice President Kamala Harris, which he clarified is “a terrible place to be in.”