California governor ‘a loser’, says Trump as state signs green energy deal with UK | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has expressed anger over the green energy deal between the British government and California governor Gavin Newsom, a likely future Democratic presidential candidate.
“Britain has enough problems without getting involved with Gavin Newscum,” Trump said. Interview with Politico, He uses the derogatory nickname he reserved for Newsom. “Gavin is a loser. Everything he touches turns into trash. His situation has become hell and his environmental work is a disaster.”
In a possible intervention by British government officials wary of possible new landmines in Britain’s relations with the White House, Trump said it was “improper” and “inappropriate for them” for Newsom to make such deals. [the UK] taking care of it”.
Newsom, one of the US president’s loudest domestic critics on issues ranging from ICE deportation raids to the climate crisis, signed a memorandum of understanding in London with Britain’s energy minister Ed Miliband.
The agreement aims to deepen existing cooperation between the UK and California and creates a new framework for mainstreaming clean energy technologies and improving ties between businesses and researchers in Britain and the US state. fourth largest in the world global economy.
The UK and California will also share practical expertise on protecting biodiversity and building resilience in extreme weather, Miliband’s department announced on Monday.
Miliband said: “Strong international partnerships, such as today’s announcement with the state of California, strengthen opportunities for UK businesses and secure investment for our country.”
The signing came after a meeting in New York in September. In London on Monday, Newsom and Miliband also discussed artificial intelligence, its impacts on energy and lessons learned from wildfires in California; Trump and Newsom clashed over the issue, with the president blaming them for the state’s fire management.
A source close to Miliband said: “It was a productive meeting based on the huge clean energy jobs and investment opportunities that the UK and California can bring to each other.”
Newsom was in London just after attending the Munich security conference and said: “Donald Trump’s administration is temporary. California’s commitment is not.”
The governor also used his visit to Europe to continue cultivating European leaders who openly oppose the policies pursued by the Trump administration.
He met with Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, last week. Joining Latin American countries He condemned the latest US military intervention in Venezuela and condemned German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who criticized Trump’s reorientation of US foreign policy in Munich.
Both Newsom and Miliband are bete noires of the new populist right.
Nigel Farage, leader of the far-right UK Reform Party, said on Monday that he believes Miliband is the most likely candidate to take over if Keir Starmer is sacked following Labour’s disastrous performance in the upcoming local elections, adding that the party would then “shift left”.
