California Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump have been engaged in a verbal dispute over immigration enforcement.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is being mocked online for an “embarrassing" televised address that experienced several technology meltdowns leaving his speech without sound.

The governor highlighted his work with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have both opposed deployment of the National Guard and Marines to the city.

After eight years as lieutenant-governor, in 2018 he was elected to California’s top job. He breezed past a recall effort in 2021 (which tried to capitalise on Mr Newsom’s visit to the French Laundry, a posh restaurant in Napa Valley, during covid lockdowns) and won re-election in 2022.

Newsom warned that Trump's plan to ramp up immigration raids in Democratic-run cities across the country was part of a bid to “consolidate power.” The post Gavin Newsom Goes Off On Trump’s Plan to Ramp Up ICE Raids in Blue Cities — Accuses Him of Trying to ‘Consolidate Power’ first appeared on Mediaite.

The president deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE protests.