{"id":197654,"date":"2026-01-21T23:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/newsom-says-davos-appearance-was-canceled-under-pressure-from-trump-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T23:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:16:56","slug":"newsom-says-davos-appearance-was-canceled-under-pressure-from-trump-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/newsom-says-davos-appearance-was-canceled-under-pressure-from-trump-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom says Davos appearance was canceled under pressure from Trump – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor\u2019s office says US pavilion bowed to pressure and pulled scheduled \u2018fireside chat\u2019 with Fortune magazine
The office of Gavin Newsom, the California governor, said his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos was canceled under pressure from the Trump administration<\/a>.
Newsom had been scheduled to sit down with Fortune at an event sponsored by USA House, the country\u2019s official headquarters at the annual gathering of world and economic leaders. But before the talk was due to begin, his team says, the USA House bowed to political pressure from the Trump administration and denied the governor entry.
\u201cUnder pressure from the White House and State Department, USA House (a church acting as the official US pavilion) is now denying entry to @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom to speak with media after Fortune \u2013 the official media partner \u2013 invited him to speak,\u201d the governor\u2019s office said<\/a> in a statement shared on its official account.
Newsom shared the statement on social media<\/a>, adding: \u201cHow weak and pathetic do you have to be to be this scared of a fireside chat?\u201d
According to Newsom\u2019s office, the governor was invited by Fortune last week to participate in a \u201cfireside chat\u201d scheduled to take place following Trump\u2019s address. On Monday, his office accepted the invitation.
Shortly before the event was due to begin, his office said, a USA House official informed Newsom\u2019s team that they were canceling the Fortune event and that Newsom would not be allowed to speak with media at the venue. The official said an elected official speaking did not fit their afternoon programming.
USA House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a statement, Fortune said: \u201cGovernor Newsom had been invited to participate in a Fortune conversation at USA House in Davos<\/a>. Subsequently, USA House determined it would not be able to accommodate the governor\u2019s participation and communicated that decision to Fortune.\u201d
The global business magazine added that although it \u201cprograms all editorial conversations independently\u201d, programming at such events \u201ccan be affected by logistical, security, and other access considerations that involve multiple stakeholders and evolve over time\u201d.
Newsom, widely seen as a top 2028 Democratic presidential contender, has used his three-day trip to the Swiss Alps to excoriate the Trump administration \u2013 and challenge European allies who he says have failed to sufficiently stand up to the US president.
\u201cI can\u2019t take this complicity of people rolling over,\u201d Newsom told<\/a> reporters in Davos on Tuesday. \u201cI should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders. I mean handing out crowns, the Nobel prizes that are being given away. It\u2019s just pathetic. And I hope people understand how pathetic they look on the world stage.\u201d
He added: \u201cThere\u2019s no diplomacy with Donald Trump: he\u2019s a T rex. You mate with him or he devours you.\u201d
Newsom was in attendance for Trump\u2019s wide-ranging, invective-laden remarks to global leaders at Davos, during which the US president said he was \u201cseeking immediate negotiations\u201d to discuss the acquisition of Greenland<\/a> and also vowed to \u201chelp the people in California\u201d.
Name-checking the California governor, Trump said in his remarks: \u201cI know Gavin was here. I used to get along so great with Gavin when I was president. Gavin is a good guy.\u201d A camera panned to the governor, catching him smiling<\/a> in response.
\u201cGood seats. Bad speech,\u201d Newsom responded<\/a> on X, sharing a photo of him seated behind Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, secretary of state Marco Rubio and other top administration officials.
His office had said he had planned to use the fireside chat to present California as a counterbalance to Trump\u2019s policies<\/a>, Politico reported.
In a statement, a White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, assailed Newsom, using Trump\u2019s derogatory nickname \u201cNewscum\u201d, but did not reply to a question about the administration\u2019s involvement in the episode.
\u201cNo one in Davos knows who third-rate governor Newscum is or why he is frolicking around Switzerland instead of fixing the many problems he created in California<\/a>,\u201d Kelly said.
Asked for comment, the state department referred to Kelly\u2019s statement.
Newsom has raised his profile mocking Trump excessively online \u2013 and his appearance in Davos did not go unnoticed by the administration. Speaking at an earlier event, Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary, called the governor \u201csmug, self-absorbed\u201d, and possibly the \u201conly Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris<\/a>\u201d.
Bessent also hinted at Newsom\u2019s Davos scheduled appearance: \u201cI was told he was asked to give a speech on his signature policies, but he\u2019s not speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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