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California Governor Gavin Newsom told a panel at the Munich Security Conference Saturday that he traveled there to reassure European allies that \u201cTrump is temporary.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll be measured in years, not decades,\u201d Newsom said, predicting Trump would suffer heavy losses in the midterm elections and face legal setbacks, including limits on his\u00a0tariff authority\u00a0under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump\u2019s brand of politics does not represent enduring American values, Newsom added. The governor instead urged leaders to maintain stable subnational partnerships with US states like California during what he called a period of \u201cinstability\u201d for America, and argued that Europe has grown more unified in response to Trump-era uncertainty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe that is the one contribution of Donald Trump,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Framing his remarks as a defense of democratic norms, the Democratic governor, who is widely believed to be considering a 2028 presidential run, contrasted what he called \u201cthe rule of law\u201d with \u201cthe rule of Don,\u201d warning against an \u201cimperial presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n
Newsom alluded to Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s speech at the conference earlier Saturday. Rubio offered a double-edged message in his speech, saying that Europe\u2019s fate is intertwined with the US, while also faulting the continent for what he said was a drift away from shared Western values.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe alliance has to change,\u201d Rubio told Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, expanding on his earlier speech. \u201cWhen we come off as urgent or even critical about decisions that Europe has failed to make or made, it is because we care.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Rubio was \u201creferencing popular sovereignty and the rule of law, I align with his remarks,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cIf it\u2019s about an imperialism and an imperial presidency, I don\u2019t necessarily.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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