Newsom trolls "grandpa" Trump and suggests he should be sent on an "off world endeavor"

Sacramento, California - California Governor Gavin Newsom launched a series of attacks against President Donald Trump, labeling him a "grandpa" and suggesting he should be sent "off world."

California Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) questioned President Donald Trump's mental competence and labeled him a "grandpa."
California Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) questioned President Donald Trump's mental competence and labeled him a "grandpa."  © Collage: AFP/Kamil Krzaczynski & AFP/Kent Nishimura

"Time for another cognitive test for grandpa," Newsom's Press Office wrote on X in response to a clip of Trump stumbling over his words and attempting to explain the difference between the words "see" and "sea."

The clip came from an event Trump hosted alongside First Lady Melania Trump honoring military mothers.

"Drug traffic coming into our country is way down," Trump said. "And by sea – by sea, by ocean, by the water, you know."

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It was at this point that Trump went off on a tangent, rambling: "A lot of people say, 'What do you mean by sea?' I said, see, like vision? No. It's sea. S-E-A. But it's down 97%."

Trump is the oldest president to assume office and frequently goes off-script on lengthy tangents during press conferences.

He also has a habit of boasting about his performance in cognitive tests, claiming last year that he "got every answer right" on an examination.

These moments have triggered widespread concerns about his mental competence, a fact that has been brought up by Newsom on multiple occasions.

"Please pray for our President," Newsom wrote in November in response to a clip of Trump boasting about an MRI result. "He is not mentally well."

"Gavin Newscum is the worst governor in America, and he also may be the dumbest," White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told the Daily Beast in a statement responding to his latest round of trolling.

"President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the last administration."

Newsom says Trump should be sent on an "off world endeavor"

President Donald Trump was trolled by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who suggested he should be sent as the Earth's emissary to alien visitors.
President Donald Trump was trolled by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who suggested he should be sent as the Earth's emissary to alien visitors.  © AFP/Kent Nishimura

In a separate post, Newsom trolled Trump's competence and suggested he should be sent "off world" to act as an emissary to alien visitors.

"We, the people of California, formally nominate Trump for this important off world endeavor," Newsom's Press Office wrote in all-caps on X, alongside an article from TMZ.

The piece referenced a clip of former President Barack Obama talking to Stephen Colbert about the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

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"For those of you who still think that we've got little green men underground somewhere, one of things you learn as president is that the government is terrible at keeping secrets," Obama told Colbert.

"If there were aliens or alien spaceships or anything under the control of the United States government… I promise you that some guy guarding the installation would have taken a selfie with one of the aliens."

It was at this point that Obama made his pitch the Trump administration, declaring, "I think I would make a good emissary for the planet."

"I've got a diverse background, some experience in statecraft and diplomacy, I'm friendly. So, I actually think I could do a pretty good job."

Cover photo: Collage: AFP/Kamil Krzaczynski & AFP/Kent Nishimura

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