Gavin Newsom was informed at the 11th hour that his talk in Davos was canceled.

[In It to Win It]

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/newsom-administration-alleges-state-department-pressure-in-davos-cancellation-00738966

Gavin Newsom was informed at the 11th hour that his talk with Fortune at USA House in Davos was canceled.

Newsom had been invited to speak on Wednesday at an event sponsored by USA House, which for the first time was recognized by the U.S. government as the country’s official headquarters at Davos. But an organizer told his office that they had opted to not include any U.S. officials in the talk focused on CEOs and other business leaders.

In a private exchange of messages obtained by POLITICO, a Newsom administration official accused the USA House of bowing to political pressure from the State Department — an accusation the organizer denied, while emphasizing the governor was still welcome in the venue — in a microcosm of the larger geopolitical tensions on display.

The back-and-forth reflected the political sparring match playing out at the gathering of the world’s elite. Newsom, the Democratic governor of California and a likely 2028 presidential contender, attended to trumpet California as an alternative to the vision laid out by Trump officials who also gathered in Switzerland.

[Johonny]

1. California GDP greater than most of the

Countries there.

[twodogsbarking]

5. You hit the head right on the nail.

If California were a country, its economy (around $4.1 trillion in 2024) ranks as the world's 4th largest, behind the United States, China, and Germany, and ahead of Japan and India

[homegirl]

7. FOURTH

LARGEST IN THE WORLD!!!!

[Mr.Bee]

13. Ol' Krasnov

said he hates the way he's running California.
Because it hasn't been trashed by trump.

[EnergizedLib]

2. Fine, he can give one as president in 2029

[Fords Crackpipe]

17. Except Europe IS standing up to the orange idiot

Europe IS standing up to the orange idiot
-Unlike your spineless Repub colleagues who refuse to impeach & remove your pedo-in-chief trying start WW3-
EU have sent troops to Greenland, told pedo that it's not for sale & literally told him to fuck right off

[bearsfootball516]

3. He called all of them out for kissing Trump's ass, and they're not happy about it.

Utterly spineless!

[erronis]

4. It sounds like it was more the pressure from the US (trump) that made this happen.

trump showing his little petty self, again.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Rubio acting on Trump's, Bessent or Miller's orders?

[calimary]

14. And probably proving himself to be a calculating little toady

because it gets him advantages to suck up to the “boss”. Or so he assumes.

A big part of me is hoping he leaves a bad taste in people’s mouths (and minds and memories) that proves he’s MUCH more of a follower than a leader in his own right.

[littlemissmartypants]

16. I'm wondering if Rubio still thinks he's presidential material. 🤔

[Fords Crackpipe]

15. Europe IS standing up to the orange idiot

-Unlike your spineless Repub colleagues who refuse to impeach & remove your pedo-in-chief trying start WW3-
EU have sent troops to Greenland, told pedo that it's not for sale & literally told him to fuck right off

[BaronChocula]

6. If I know what I know about Newsom

I'm sure he has something else up his sleeve. He won't take defeat lying down.

[Kid Berwyn]

9. I smell a rat.

Marco.

Rubio.

[BurnDoubt]

10. Sounds like a speech that should be given...

in the presence of actual rank-and-file Citizens... Outdoors where there are no Secrets… on a Mount… for ALL the World to see.
That might be a good contrast to the tight-ass Authoritarian Cabal controlling the Thought Police and silencing everyone but their pals through bullying and intimidation.
“Evil men do as they please.
Men who would do Good Must do as they are allowed."

[Chicagogrl1]

18. Exactly!!!

[Bluetus]

11. Davos is literally the Summit of the Overlords

They may all hate Trump.(they do) but he is working for them, and still useful to them.
If they view Newsom as a threat, that is great news for Newsom. He couldn't get a better endorsement.

"I was canceled by the overlords. THey didn't want anybody to hear what I was prepared to say."
Newsom arrived on the ground in Switzerland ready to kick ass. The mega-billionaires wanted none of that.

In sales training, they teach you to hit the audience with and "ice breaker", something that will get their attention immediately. It would have been fun if Newsom's ice-breaker was, "Show of hands, please. How many of you have ever been to Jeffrey Epstein's island?"

You know there are hundreds of people hanging around that meeting who were reeled in by Trump and Epstein, and Trump has been extorting them ever since. I'm looking at you Bill Gates. This was Epstein's best place to recruit people to compromise, and there are emails showing he did exactly that. The documents that show Trump's role in that enterprise still haven't been released by DoJ.

[NBachers]

12. Snakes in the grass, and there may be some from unexpected and surprising locations.