Posted on 04/09/2026 5:57:01 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Europe bets on California’s Gavin Newsom as a strategic counterweight to the Trump agenda.
Donald Trump’s opposition to climate policy and mass immigration is putting massive pressure on Europe. There, preparations are underway to support California governor Gavin Newsom. He is expected, as the 48th president, to prevent a continuation of Trump’s policies.
America remains a country of high social mobility and upward opportunity -- something we no longer see on today’s European continent. It may sound kitschy to many Europeans, yet America's vibrant economic centers, high geographic mobility, and the flexibility of its people still create the conditions for this unique phenomenon.
Admittedly, the narrative of the “land of unlimited opportunity” may sound exaggerated today -- something akin to self-promotion. Yet at its core, it still holds true. Can one still make something of oneself in the U.S.? Donald Trump’s deregulation program, combined with tax cuts for businesses as well as small and medium incomes, has in any case helped to revive this promise of upward mobility.
Trump’s policies go hand in hand with the elimination of fiscal privileges and subsidies. His goal: the systematic dismantling of the fiscally secured and media-backed strongholds of power of a socialist apparatus that reflects the spirit of European regulatory policy.
Put simply, under Trump, American nationalism and a rejection of ideological engineering have returned to the political agenda. With intense competition and market-driven policies at home, alongside a trade and tariff strategy reminiscent of presidents like Alexander Hamilton and William McKinley, this forms a clear countermodel to his predecessors. They had significantly advanced the European model of climate socialism as a tool of power consolidation.
For the record: it was President Barack Obama who, in 2009, identified carbon dioxide as a lever of power, integrated European regulatory frameworks, and began systematically
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Europe is failing. Newsom would try to copy their idiocy.
“Europe is failing. Newsom would try to copy their idiocy.”
Newsom would devastate this country to the point of making Europe look strong and rational.
More proof that Europe stands against freedom and decency. They aren’t our friends.
California once elected Ron Reagan as governor. Why has the state sunk so low? Stolen elections. Once Bob Dornan had his election stolen and nothing was done about that , it opened the flood gates. California is now so corrupt it does not matter what the people want. The ruling collective decides who wins. You simply can’t vote the villains out and the result of this is literally visible on the streets .
Election interference
Europe does not share American values. We remain on the road to maximize individual freedom, at least as an aspirational goal. Europe is on the road to serfdom, and deliberately so. We are not natural allies.
I guess they have adopted the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” stance.
So be it.
Never have been. Even during WW2 they would argue about the way to do things so they could look good and strong. An easy point would be the whole pushing Montgomery over Patton. We lost a lot of men and time hoisting up that chump so Britain could feel relevant.
Hussein the commie and non-scientist just made it all up.
Europe bets on California’s Gavin Newsom
Three card Monte packs bags heads to Europe.
The Democrats have not had a ticket with two white males since 2004 so one person on the ticket will probably be a woman or a black person (or both).
They haven't tried having a ticket with two woman. Maybe their dream ticket for 2028 would be Hochul and Crockett. If they could carry Texas...
Generally foreigners are less informed about a country's politics than the citizens, and the Europeans are probably getting most of their information from sources like The New York Times and CNN. But there is also wishful thinking--they want an American President who thinks like a European.
A few things:
- Hamilton was never president.
- The Sunshine State is Florida, not California.
- Gavin Newsome doesn’t have a chance in hell of becoming president. He and his envirosocialist message will not sell in the South, the Midwest and the Non Left Coast West.
YES! THIS!
Well, if true, the EU is still on their losing path. So, I take their bet as a positive predictor for Gavin Newsome to not be the canididate, and that he will never become the President of this nation.
Good luck with that imagine it will build a lot of learing centers 😂
They are Islamists now, so fully agree
The state of Reagan and Nixon now Karen’s, illegals and woke😎
Regarding 2028, there are no guarantees.
11 CFR § 110.20 - Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures ...
A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or donation to a committee of a political party for the purchase or construction of an office building. See 11 CFR 300.10 and 300.35. (e) Disbursements by foreign nationals for electioneering communications.
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