Gov. Gavin Newsom took his spat with President Donald Trump to the world stage Thursday, when he criticized the administration and corporate leaders he accused of “selling out” to the White House at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The White House called California Gov. Gavin Newsom a nobody who has been “frolicking around Switzerland,” in response to claims the Trump administration shut him out of an event at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in an interview with Politico's Dash Burns, responded to Gov. Gavin Newsom's (DD-CA) attacks on President Donald Trump at the Davis World Economic Forum. DASHA BURNS,

Gavin Newsom went to Davos looking for a global spotlight. Instead, he got a slammed door — literally. The California

The California governor used Davos' spotlight to gain ground as traders lift his 2028 odds, narrowing the vice president's lead.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ripped Gov. Gavin Newsom in an interview with Politico over his rhetoric at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Credit: Politico - Jan. 22, 2026)

Trump has not taken Gavin Newsom’s comments at the World Economic Forum lightly. The two leaders, who are often at loggerheads, took their rivalry to the international stage when Newsom repeatedly targeted Trump for his foreign policies in front of the media at Davos.