Newsom also said that he’s “living rent-free” in Trump’s head. “We’re deeply in their head, I think the affordability agenda appears to be, I’m living rent-free in Trump’s head,” said Newsom, who is considered a frontrunner for the 2028 Democratic Party nomination for president.

An on-stage interview with Newsom at the World Economic Forum was abruptly canceled just hours after he was seen smiling as President Trump called him out in a speech to world leaders that Newsom later called "remarkably boring" and "remarkably insignificant.

At Davos, the California governor criticized Trump, was blocked from the US pavilion, traded insults, waved kneepads, and fueled 2028 speculation.

“I know Gavin was here. I used to get along so great with Gavin when I was president. Gavin’s a good guy," he continued, adding that he would help Newsom, one of his most vocal critics, “in a heartbeat.”