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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gavin Newsom tweaks Trump's tariffs in new Fox News ad
Gavin Newsom is taking his anti-tariffs message to a place most likely to get President Donald Trump's attention: Fox News. The California governor, who delights in tweaking conservatives by appearing on their favorite cable news channel, is running a new national ad on 'Fox and Friends' this weekend that simultaneously casts him as cheerleader for his state's economy and top critic of the president's signature policy. The 30-second spot, obtained exclusively by POLITICO, marks a return to Newsom's well-worn playbook of goading Republicans on their home turf. It is also a notable escalation of the governor's antagonism toward Trump after months of striving to defuse tensions with the White House. Speaking direct-to-camera against a backdrop of the Port of Oakland, Newsom boasts about California's recent ascent to the world's fourth-largest economy, crediting that achievement to 'reducing trade barriers and delivering for American consumers.' He goes on to warn that Trump's tariff policies will lead to a slowdown of goods coming into the country, raising the specter of empty store shelves during the back-to-school or Christmas shopping season. 'These tariffs punish families and risk ending America's run as the world's greatest economy,' he says. 'Take it from California: We're the ones leading it.' The ad was paid for out of Newsom's 2022 governor campaign account. A spokesperson declined to share how much the ad buy cost. Newsom has long been preoccupied with the best ways to reach conservatives directly — be it on Sean Hannity's show or via billboards in red states. He is a voracious consumer of conservative media and invited some of its most notorious figures, including Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon, to his new podcast, much to the dismay of fellow Democrats. The governor has spent most of Trump's early months in office pulling his punches, fearing that any hostilities could imperil badly needed federal aid after wildfires devastated Los Angeles in January. But the impact of tariffs appears to have coaxed Newsom back into the ring. Last month, he announced a lawsuit challenging Trump's authority to unilaterally tax imports. He has criticized the president's tariffs as an existential threat to his state's economy. 'No state is poised to lose more than the state of California,' he said. He has taken a slightly less combative approach to Trump's recent call to impose 100 percent tariffs on foreign film imports, a proposal that left leaders of California's marquee industry scratching their heads. Instead of blasting Trump's proposal, he challenged the president to rethink his approach and embrace a $7.5 billion federal film tax credit instead, a staggering subsidy that would complement Newsom's efforts to expand California's state-level incentives. 'Now it's time for a real federal partnership to Make America Film Again,' Newsom wrote on social media. The gambit got no response from the president.
Politico
09-05-2025
- Business
- Politico
Gavin Newsom tweaks Trump's tariffs in new Fox News ad
Gavin Newsom is taking his anti-tariffs message to a place most likely to get President Donald Trump's attention: Fox News. The California governor, who delights in tweaking conservatives by appearing on their favorite cable news channel, is running a new national ad on 'Fox and Friends' this weekend that simultaneously casts him as cheerleader for his state's economy and top critic of the president's signature policy. The 30-second spot, obtained exclusively by POLITICO, marks a return to Newsom's well-worn playbook of goading Republicans on their home turf. It is also a notable escalation of the governor's antagonism toward Trump after months of striving to defuse tensions with the White House. Speaking direct-to-camera against a backdrop of the Port of Oakland, Newsom boasts about California's recent ascent to the world's fourth-largest economy, crediting that achievement to 'reducing trade barriers and delivering for American consumers.' He goes on to warn that Trump's tariff policies will lead to a slowdown of goods coming into the country, raising the specter of empty store shelves during the back-to-school or Christmas shopping season. 'These tariffs punish families and risk ending America's run as the world's greatest economy,' he says. 'Take it from California: We're the ones leading it.' The ad was paid for out of Newsom's 2022 governor campaign account. A spokesperson declined to share how much the ad buy cost. Newsom has long been preoccupied with the best ways to reach conservatives directly — be it on Sean Hannity's show or via billboards in red states. He is a voracious consumer of conservative media and invited some of its most notorious figures, including Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon, to his new podcast, much to the dismay of fellow Democrats. The governor has spent most of Trump's early months in office pulling his punches, fearing that any hostilities could imperil badly needed federal aid after wildfires devastated Los Angeles in January. But the impact of tariffs appears to have coaxed Newsom back into the ring. Last month, he announced a lawsuit challenging Trump's authority to unilaterally tax imports. He has criticized the president's tariffs as an existential threat to his state's economy. 'No state is poised to lose more than the state of California,' he said. He has taken a slightly less combative approach to Trump's recent call to impose 100 percent tariffs on foreign film imports, a proposal that left leaders of California's marquee industry scratching their heads. Instead of blasting Trump's proposal, he challenged the president to rethink his approach and embrace a $7.5 billion federal film tax credit instead, a staggering subsidy that would complement Newsom's efforts to expand California's state-level incentives. 'Now it's time for a real federal partnership to Make America Film Again,' Newsom wrote on social media. The gambit got no response from the president.
New York Post
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Longtime ‘Fox & Friends' anchor tearfully announces major co-hosting change
'Fox & Friends'' Steve Doocy will step back from full-time co-hosting duties and permanently decamp to Florida where he will remotely join colleagues Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt and Lawrence Jones three times a week beginning later this month. Doocy fought back tears on Thursday morning as he announced that it was his last day he would be alongside his co-hosts from their Midtown Manhattan studios. 'After decades of getting up at 3:30 and driving into NYC in the dark, today is the last day I will host the show…from the couch,' Doocy told viewers on Thursday's broadcast. 'I am not retiring, I'm not leaving the show. I'm still a host — but it's time for a change.' 3 'Fox and Friends' ancohr Steve Doocy made a major announcement on-air about his co-hosting duties. Getty Images 3 Steve Doocy announced he was stepping back from co-hosting duties. Fox News Doocy, who turns 70 next year, will now serve as 'Fox & Friends'' full-time remote host, covering on-the-ground features like the show's popular diner segments. Recent examples include his live dispatch from Chicken N Pickle, a suburban Kansas City pickleball venue. He will report from across the country while Kilmeade, Earhardt and Jones continue to host from the New York studio. Doocy said he counted more than 6,800 pre-dawn wake-ups and over 31,000 hours of live television from the show's iconic 'curvy couch.' 3 Fox anchors Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade interview New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Tom Homan in February. Getty Images He said he was relieved to be taking on a new role that allows him to trade sleepless mornings for time with his family — and a more flexible schedule. 'Do you remember the eighties Dunkin' Donuts commercial where the alarm clock goes off at 3:30? 'It's time to make the donuts,'' Doocy said Thursday morning on-air. 'For the last 30 years when my alarm clock goes off—at 3:30—if it wakes up my wife Kathy, she always says, 'It's time to make the donuts.' And I say, you're right, 'It's time to make the donuts,' and I get up and go to work.'
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hegseth nods to challenges at Pentagon in Army War College speech
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday alluded to ongoing controversies that have rocked his brief tenure at the Pentagon during a speech to the Army War College. 'When President Trump called me to take this job, he told me two things: The first was 'Pete, you're going to have to be tough as s—. Tough.' Boy, he was not kidding on that one,' Hegseth told students and staff in Carlisle, Pa. 'This job requires a steel spine, and that's fine. We're doing the work of the American people and the American warfighter. But second, the president said to me, 'I want you to restore the warrior ethos of our military, full stop.' And so that is exactly what I have set about to do.' Hegseth took to the podium the day after he appeared on 'Fox and Friends' to defend himself against revelations that he shared sensitive military plans with his wife and brother in a second Signal group chat. He said Wednesday the U.S. was entering a 'golden age of America and a golden age of national defense,' while lambasting his usual targets such as 'woke' ideology. 'Under the leadership of President Trump, the message to our adversaries in these first 100 days has been undeniably clear: America is back,' Hegseth said. 'At the Defense Department that means no more distractions. No more social engineering, no more climate change worship, no more electric tanks, no more gender confusion, no more pronouns, no more excuses, no more quotas, no more woke bulls— that undermines commanders and command climates.' He also said the U.S. military is 'leaving wokeness and weakness behind' to focus on 'lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards and [readiness].' Hegseth has been firmly in the center of a major Trump administration controversy after it was revealed last month that he had shared U.S. attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen with members of a nonsecure Signal group chat made up of top national security officials. The text group, created by national security adviser Mike Waltz, mistakenly included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg. At the time, the administration sought to downplay the incident and insisted no classified information was shared. On Sunday, The New York Times reported the former Fox News host shared the same military plans with a second Signal group chat, this time using his personal phone to send the sensitive information to his wife, brother and personal lawyer, among others in his inner circle. Hegseth quickly sought to blame the media and recently sacked defense officials for the revelation and claimed he did not disclose classified information in either of the Signal chats, which are currently under review by the Pentagon's inspector general. But he did not deny that he shared the operational information with family members and didn't explain why his wife, a former Fox producer who does not work for the Defense Department, was included in the texts. Hegseth's office is also experiencing turmoil after his chief of staff was reassigned, three officials were fired Friday over alleged media leaks, and a top spokesperson wrote of 'chaos' in the building shortly after leaving the Pentagon. On Wednesday Hegseth also addressed ongoing scrutiny of the Pentagon's cuts to its civilian workforce, as part of efforts led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. 'The media likes to call it chaos, we call it overdue,' he said. 'It's going better than we could have ever expected.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
23-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Hegseth nods to challenges at Pentagon in Army War College speech
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday alluded to ongoing controversies that have rocked his brief tenure at the Pentagon during a speech to the Army War College. 'When President Trump called me to take this job, he told me two things: The first was 'Pete, you're going to have to be tough as s—. Tough.' Boy, he was not kidding on that one,' Hegseth told students and staff in Carlisle, Pa. 'This job requires a steel spine, and that's fine. We're doing the work of the American people and the American warfighter. But second, the president said to me, 'I want you to restore the warrior ethos of our military, full stop.' And so that is exactly what I have set about to do.' Hegseth took to the podium the day after he appeared on 'Fox and Friends' to defend himself against revelations that he shared sensitive military plans with his wife and brother in a second Signal group chat. He said Wednesday the U.S. was entering a 'golden age of America and a golden age of national defense,' while lambasting his usual targets such as 'woke' ideology. 'Under the leadership of President Trump, the message to our adversaries in these first 100 days has been undeniably clear: America is back,' Hegseth said. 'At the Defense Department that means no more distractions. No more social engineering, no more climate change worship, no more electric tanks, no more gender confusion, no more pronouns, no more excuses, no more quotas, no more woke bulls— that undermines commanders and command climates.' He also said the U.S. military is 'leaving wokeness and weakness behind' to focus on 'lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards and [readiness].' Hegseth has been firmly in the center of a major Trump administration controversy after it was revealed last month that he had shared U.S. attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen with members of a nonsecure Signal group chat made up of top national security officials. The text group, created by national security adviser Mike Waltz, mistakenly included Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg. At the time, the administration sought to downplay the incident and insisted no classified information was shared. On Sunday, The New York Times reported the former Fox News host shared the same military plans with a second Signal group chat, this time using his personal phone to send the sensitive information to his wife, brother and personal lawyer, among others in his inner circle. Hegseth quickly sought to blame the media and recently sacked defense officials for the revelation and claimed he did not disclose classified information in either of the Signal chats, which are currently under review by the Pentagon's inspector general. But he did not deny that he shared the operational information with family members and didn't explain why his wife, a former Fox producer who does not work for the Defense Department, was included in the texts. Hegseth's office is also experiencing turmoil after his chief of staff was reassigned, three officials were fired Friday over alleged media leaks, and a top spokesperson wrote of 'chaos' in the building shortly after leaving the Pentagon. On Wednesday Hegseth also addressed ongoing scrutiny of the Pentagon's cuts to its civilian workforce, as part of efforts led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. 'The media likes to call it chaos, we call it overdue,' he said. 'It's going better than we could have ever expected.'
