California’s Budget Bombshell: Newsom’s Blame Game Begins Gavin Newsom just rolled out a mind-blowing $322 billion state budget — and buried inside is a devastating $12 billion deficit. But instead of staring into the mirror and facing his own disastrous policies, Newsom’s looking east — and throwing punches at President Donald Trump. He calls it the “Trump Slump.” He claims Trump’s trade policies — especially tariffs — crippled California’s revenue streams by a jaw-dropping $16 billion. Never mind that the state’s been a fiscal dumpster fire long before Trump took office. Never mind that California’s been spending like a drunken bureaucrat at a Silicon Valley fundraiser. “I’m not blaming the president for the deficit,” Newsom said, while… blaming the president…
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