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Watching Gavin Newsom ape Donald Trump’s trademark all-caps trolling is equal parts theater and threat, and it’s no accident. The California governor’s office has begun posting deliberately bombastic, caps-locked messages and nicknames aimed at the former president, a petulant stunt that the Washington Examiner notes mirrors Trump’s performative social-media style.
This isn’t harmless banter; Newsom’s rhetoric is part of a calculated campaign to nationalize himself while reshaping power on the map. Newsmax reported that Newsom even framed California’s planned redistricting and a Nov. 4 special election as a counterpunch to GOP mapmaking, turning governance into a partisan PR play.
When mockery and caps weren’t enough, Newsom’s team escalated to AI-generated videos and deepfake-style satire targeting Republican figures like JD Vance, leaning into the same digital shock tactics critics accuse the right of using. People reported on those AI clips and the governor’s office’s obvious aim: to humiliate opponents and control the narrative through viral stunts.
The Washington Post has chronicled how this mimicry began as an apparent experiment and then snowballed, boosting Newsom’s national visibility with millions of views. What began as a one-off attention grab quickly morphed into a strategy to manufacture outrage and celebrity status rather than solve real problems for Californians.
Oddly enough, even the theatrics have consequences: outlets like the Daily Dot noted that Donald Trump’s own posting style shifted after Newsom’s provocations, suggesting Newsom’s trolling succeeded in rattling his target and grabbing the media cycle. This is not the politics of persuasion or policy — it’s the politics of performance, and it’s being rewarded with headlines.
Conservatives should call this out for what it is: a cynical bid for relevance and a precursor to raw power plays. Redrawing maps under the banner of “justice” while taunting political opponents with deepfakes and meme warfare is the modern left’s playbook — style over substance, spectacle over service.
Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who fix potholes, cut taxes, and secure borders, not governors who prioritize viral mockery and media theater. It’s time for conservative leaders and voters to expose the hypocrisy, defend fair process, and remind the country that governing is not a reality show.
