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Trump is SCARED TO DEATH as Newsom WANTS HIM REMOVED
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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Trump is SCARED TO DEATH as Newsom WANTS HIM REMOVED", an episode of MeidasTouch published December 14, 2025 (15 min, about 2,738 words). It mentions 51 people, works and ideas, including Gavin Nuome, bookshop.org, cuffing season, Abby Lee Miller, trans community.
What this episode is about
California Governor Gavin Newsom is aggressively targeting Donald Trump, calling him out as weak and criminal while using memes to highlight his criticisms. Newsom's bold approach, including depicting Trump in handcuffs, reflects a shift in power dynamics, with Newsom asserting that he is providing Trump and his supporters a taste of their own medicine.
Key takeaways
- Trump, meet meme warfare: Newsom's AI jabs prove satire is mightier than the tweet.
- Gavin's cuffs meme: Handing MAGA a mirror with humor and sass—no safe spaces here.
- Indiana's 'dummy mandering': When Newsom channels smarter gerrymandering with a wink and a win.
- From XOXO to emojis: Newsom turns political punchlines into policy critiques.
- Memes vs. mean tweets: Newsom shows how satire can dethrone a reality TV presidency.
What is discussed, and when
- – 3:00: Gavin Nuome, Abby Lee Miller, Anna Navaro, commander-in-chief
- – 6:00: Gavin Nuome, AI generated photo, crony capitalism, cuffing season
- – 9:00: bookshop.org, Bookshop.org, Gavin Nuome, trans community
- – 12:00: build.ca.gov, Chinese Exclusion Act, Dennis Kernney, Nobel laureate
- – 15:00: coastal monitoring, disaster readiness networks, Early Warning networks, earthquake early warning
Notable quotes from "Trump is SCARED TO DEATH as Newsom WANTS HIM REMOVED"
Governor Nuome posting memes of it is cuffing season. Donald Trump, Hegsith, and Miller getting put in cuffs in this AI meme. They are a bunch of war criminals and he's just shedding a light.
about Gavin Nuome · atAnd when Peter Navaro posted the AI image that Governor Nuome had displayed of Donald Trump in cuffs, Navaro was one of a he's a Trump lackey.
about Anna Navaro · atI think Trump is the is one of the most destructive presidents and human beings in my lifetime. I think this republic is at real risk. This country being unrecognizable and I…
about Republic · atNow, in response to Indiana's governor, pathetic MAGA governor Mike Brawn saying, I'm disappointed that a small group of misguided Indiana senators would not do Donald Trump's agenda.
about Mike Brawn · atInterview with him basically saying he is the front runner for the Democratic party. Yet what did he put out? An AI generated photo of the president of the United States in…
about AI generated photo · atAnd finally conquer that reading goal you set for yourself this year with bookshop.org.
about bookshop.org · atEzra Klene of New York Times, Governor Nome said, I want to see trans kids. I support the trans community because I want to be clear that it is my prerogative to make sure that…
about trans community · atGoes back. I remember this from my history books in the 1880s. This guy named Dennis Kernney, the working man's party, started every speech from beginning and end said whatever…
about Dennis Kernney · at
Who and what is mentioned in this episode?
People
- Gavin Nuome — Person · 11 mentions · first at
- Abby Lee Miller — Person · 2 mentions · first at
Governor Nuome posting memes of it is cuffing season. Donald Trump, Hegsith, and Miller getting put in cuffs in this AI meme. They are a bunch of war criminals and he's just…
- Hegsith — Person · 1 mention · first at
Governor Nuome posting memes of it is cuffing season. Donald Trump, Hegsith, and Miller getting put in cuffs in this AI meme. They are a bunch of war criminals and he's just shedding a light to who they are. And all of MAGA is.
- Anna Navaro — Person · 1 mention · first at
- Peter Navaro — Person · 1 mention · first at
And when Peter Navaro posted the AI image that Governor Nuome had displayed of Donald Trump in cuffs, Navaro was one of a he's a Trump lackey.
- Mike Brawn — Person · 1 mention · first at
- Dan Brown — Person · 1 mention · first at
Moment. Or maybe you just want to escape the political noise and unwind with a good thriller. I just started Dan Brown's new book, The Secret of Secrets, and I am hooked. What…
- Katie Miller — Person · 1 mention · first at
Next, Governor Nuome responds to Katie Miller, Steven Miller's wife. She goes, Cal is a hell hole thanks to Gavin Newsome. To which Governor Nuomo responds right away, Our country is.
- Dennis Kernney — Person · 1 mention · first at
- Pat Brown — Person · 1 mention · first at
Robotics and space and the future and dominating that space. We have $180 billion. It's the largest since Pat Brown. $180 billion. It's build.ca.gov.
- Laura Ingram — Person · 1 mention · first at
Partner, not a federal failure. Finally, Governor Nuomo says in response to a Laura Ingram, Laura Ingraham post, Newsome writes, Fox News really doesn't know what to do with…
Books & papers
- Fox headline — Book · 1 mention · first at
Showing them the mirror because this is who they are. Governor Nuome then posts this Fox headline. Nuome says that Trump is one of the most destructive presidents of his…
- The Secret of Secrets — Book · 1 mention · first at
The political noise and unwind with a good thriller. I just started Dan Brown's new book, The Secret of Secrets, and I am hooked. What makes Bookshop.org so special is that it…
Companies & orgs
- bookshop.org — Company · 3 mentions · first at
- Olympics — Company · 1 mention · first at
Commander-in-chief only needs a tiny nap to power through a full meeting. Get this man into the Olympics ASAP.
- Mightest Touch podcast — Company · 1 mention · first at
- Skylight Books — Company · 1 mention · first at
Store to support, your neighborhood favorite or one from your hometown. I personally love visiting Skylight Books here in Los Angeles and the last bookstore in downtown LA. Two…
- the last bookstore — Company · 1 mention · first at
Favorite or one from your hometown. I personally love visiting Skylight Books here in Los Angeles and the last bookstore in downtown LA. Two places that really capture the…
- Working man's party — Company · 1 mention · first at
Goes back. I remember this from my history books in the 1880s. This guy named Dennis Kernney, the working man's party, started every speech from beginning and end said whatever…
- UC system — Company · 1 mention · first at
The UC system, how many more engineers, scientists, more Nobel laureates do we need? We have 13,700 active pending active patents in the UC system. Those ecosystems have created.
- build.ca.gov — Company · 1 mention · first at
Dominating that space. We have $180 billion. It's the largest since Pat Brown. $180 billion. It's build.ca.gov.
- Minecraft — Company · 1 mention · first at
Love miners? I love minors. Governor Nuomo says good to know. And then Donald Trump posted a Minecraft meme. America's most progrum writes. Donald Trump confirms that he loves…
- National Tsunami Warning System — Company · 1 mention · first at
Trump's attack on the NOAA, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, and cuts to the National Tsunami Warning System are undermining hurricane forecasting, flood…
- NOAA — Company · 1 mention
Concepts & topics
- cuffing season — Concept · 2 mentions · first at
Governor Nuome posting memes of it is cuffing season. Donald Trump, Hegsith, and Miller getting put in cuffs in this AI meme. They are a bunch of war criminals and he's just shedding a light to who they are. And all of MAGA is.
- trans community — Concept · 2 mentions · first at
- commander-in-chief — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Donald Trump, a titan of wellness. His stamina is unmatched. Our commander-in-chief only needs a tiny nap to power through a full meeting. Get this man into the Olympics ASAP.
- Republic — Concept · 1 mention · first at
- crony capitalism — Concept · 1 mention · first at
And I have no patience for people that want to indulge it. I can't stand the crony capitalism. I can't stand all these supplicants that are sitting there bending a knee to this president.
- fair and free election — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Have been complicit at this moment. This guy is reckless. He's a reckless country. Will not have a fair and free election if we don't continue to fight.
- gerrymander — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Governor Nuome responds, Your knee pads are in the mail. XOXO. A win for America that the gerrymander in Indiana failed. And frankly, it's also because Governor Nuome with Prop…
- AI generated photo — Concept · 1 mention · first at
- Chinese Exclusion Act — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Beginning and end said whatever else must happens, the Chinese must go. Led to the Chinese Exclusion Act. He was in Oakland, California. the Bay Area was the center of that…
- R&D tax credits — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Billions and billions of those tax dollars go back into R&D tax credits.
- Nobel laureate — Concept · 1 mention · first at
The UC system, how many more engineers, scientists, more Nobel laureates do we need? We have 13,700 active pending active patents in the UC system. Those ecosystems have created these trillion dollar companies, four.
- patents — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Engineers, scientists, more Nobel laureates do we need? We have 13,700 active pending active patents in the UC system. Those ecosystems have created these trillion dollar…
- quantum — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Benefits that we have provided for these companies have laid the foundation for innovation and quantum and fusion and robotics and space and the future and dominating that…
- unicorn companies — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Fortune 500 companies than we've had in a decade in California. We have more unicorn companies we ever had. Look at the venture capital that's going back into the state. And…
- minimum wage — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Greatest economy in the history of California, fourth largest economy in the world. Raised the minimum wage to levels never seen before, $20 an hour for our fast food workers.…
- seismic sensor system — Concept · 1 mention · first at
The Trump administration is failing where failure is not an option. Last week, a federally managed seismic sensor system sent a false shake alert to millions, incorrectly…
- Early Warning networks — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Earthquake and exposing serious technical and oversight failures in critical federal Early Warning networks.
- hurricane forecasting — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, and cuts to the National Tsunami Warning System are undermining hurricane forecasting, flood prediction, and science communities rely on…
- flood prediction — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Cuts to the National Tsunami Warning System are undermining hurricane forecasting, flood prediction, and science communities rely on these as climate change fuels more extreme…
- earthquake early warning — Concept · 1 mention · first at
California is doing its part, investing in earthquake early warning, upgrading flood defenses, expanding coastal monitoring, and building one of the most advanced disaster readiness networks in the world. But disasters don't stop at.
- coastal monitoring — Concept · 1 mention · first at
California is doing its part, investing in earthquake early warning, upgrading flood defenses, expanding coastal monitoring, and building one of the most advanced disaster…
- disaster readiness networks — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Flood defenses, expanding coastal monitoring, and building one of the most advanced disaster readiness networks in the world. But disasters don't stop at state lines, and we…
- R&D — Concept · 1 mention
- space — Concept · 1 mention
Places & events
- downtown LA — Place · 1 mention · first at
Personally love visiting Skylight Books here in Los Angeles and the last bookstore in downtown LA. Two places that really capture the magic of reading. Start feeling good about…
- Oakland, California — Place · 1 mention · first at
Must happens, the Chinese must go. Led to the Chinese Exclusion Act. He was in Oakland, California. the Bay Area was the center of that universe. There was walls, virtual…
Sponsors
- Bookshop.org — Sponsor · 3 mentions · first at
God, you're coming after me. This episode of the Mightest Touch podcast is brought to you by bookshop.org. You may be watching or listening to our show right now, but are you…
Full transcript with timestamps
Donald Trump never saw this coming and he's finally getting a taste of his own medicine and seeing what real power looks like. California Governor Gavin Newsome going on the offense and sticking the dagger right into Donald Trump. He's calling Donald Trump for being sickly, weak, deranged, a criminal, a felon, a sexual abuser. Gavin Newsome is not holding back. Governor Nuome posting memes of it is cuffing season. Donald Trump, Hegsith, and Miller getting put in cuffs in this AI meme. They are a bunch of war criminals and he's just shedding a light to who they are. And all of MAGA is freaking out. Oh, Governor Nome's doing AI images of Donald Trump's handcuffs.
Good. Because Donald Trump has always been out there doing that. Now we're giving you a taste of your own medicine and showing you what it actually feels like when someone with strengths delivers that blow. You have Governor Nome posting things like this. Wow, Donald Trump, a titan of wellness. His stamina is unmatched. Our commander-in-chief only needs a tiny nap to power through a full meeting. Get this man into the Olympics ASAP. And when Peter Navaro posted the AI image that Governor Nuome had uh displayed of Donald Trump in cuffs, Navaro was one of a he's a Trump lackey.
He's a Trump stoogge. He goes, "I went to prison defending the Constitution because of woke like you." And Governor Nome responds with a snowflake emoji because all these MAGAs at their core are a bunch of weirdos, a bunch of snowflakes, a bunch of pathetic grifters. And Governor Nuome's just showing them the mirror because this is who they are. Governor Nuome then posts this Fox headline. Nuome says that Trump is one of the most destructive presidents of his lifetime. This guy is reckless. I think Trump is one of the most destructive presidents and human beings in my lifetime. Governor Nuome says, "Wow, an accurate fact Fox News headline." And then Governor Nuome gave this great interview with New York Times and Ezra Klein and he says, "You know what? You've got Trump out there." He goes, "This guy's supposed to be the president of the United States. He's calling people the rword. He's calling
women piggies and he's saying, you're ugly and disgusting. Who is this guy?" Here, play this clip. whoever the next president needs to bear. We can't keep this up. We're polarized. We're traumatized. We're exhausted. I can't even conceive of three more years of this. It's It really is. I What's happening to our kids? Their brains are already being scrambled by social media and everything else we talk about. And but but this this is their role model. A guy who calls someone a Guy calls someone a piggy. This is our role model. The president of the United States. Then Governor Nuome says that Donald Trump is the most destructive president and human being frankly in our history. Play this clip.
I think Trump is the is one of the most destructive presidents and human beings in my lifetime. I think this republic is at real risk. This country being unrecognizable and I have no patience for people that want to indulge it. I can't stand the crony capitalism. I can't stand uh all these supplicants that are sitting there bending a knee uh to this president. can't stand the universities have done that. The law firms that have done that, uh the individual corporate leaders that have done that, the other governors, maybe Democrats and Republicans that have been complicit at this moment. This guy is reckless. He's a reckless country. Will not have a fair and free election if we don't continue to fight.
I'm just I that's what matters to me. Seriously, I'm the future exgovernor and who the hell knows what happens the rest of my life except one thing I know that matters in the rest of my life is I have to look at my kids in the goddamn eye. I mean that seriously. That's not like a politician thing to look them in the eye and say that I, you know, not in not a peril of being judged, not to have lived in the moment.
Now, in response to Indiana's governor, pathetic MAGA governor Mike Brawn saying, "I'm disappointed that a small group of misguided Indiana senators would not do Donald Trump's agenda." Okay. And by the way, there was a fact check of that on X. A majority of Republican state senators voted against the bill. Not a small group. But then Governor Nuome responds, "Your knee pads are in the mail." XOXO. A win for America that the gerrymander in Indiana failed. And frankly, it's also because Governor Nuome with Prop 50 showed MAGA, if you're going to pull these tricks, we're going to give you a taste of your own medicine, and we're going to do it better than you. because we actually have smart people uh doing it, not with your dummy mandering. Dummy mandering.
Okay. And all these maggas are freaking out. You have this Trump stoogge go on CNN and this guy's like, uh c could you believe that that uh Governor Nuome is posting these these videos of Donald Trump in handcuffs and he's saying it's cuffing season. How is he doing this? This is so mean. Here, play this clip.
Can you do both? Ezra Klene has an interview with him basically saying he is the front runner for the Democratic party. Yet what did he put out? An AI generated photo of the president of the United States in handcuffs this week. He told the Indiana governor get down on your knees today in a post on X. So I don't know on one hand the president can't do it but yet Gavin Newsome is now the front runner for the Democrats.
Wait, I don't know. This is sort of a chicken and egg kind of situation. What are you talking about? No, we're talking about verbiage. No, I'm saying what's chicken and egg is that you're sort of implying that uh Gavin Newsome started it and that it's fair that I didn't say Gavin Newsome started Republicans to continue it when we all know how the president Yeah. I mean, do you realize that he's mocking Donald Trump? You realize that it is making fun of the behavior of Donald Trump, shining a light and shining a mirror to Donald Trump's behavior. It's not like Governor Nuomo just started this. It's that Trump's behavior has been normalized. So, Governor Nuome is saying this shouldn't be normalized.
Look how crazy it is. And if you're going to play by those rules, I'm going to go two times harder than you. And then the MAGA snowflakes like, "Oh my god, you're coming after me." This episode of the Mightest Touch podcast is brought to you by bookshop.org. You may be watching or listening to our show right now, but are you reading enough? I know I need to be reading a whole lot more. It's time to dive back into books and finally conquer that reading goal you set for yourself this year with bookshop.org. There are so many incredible books out right now to help make sense of this moment. Or maybe you just want to escape the political noise and unwind with a good thriller. I just started Dan Brown's new book, The Secret of Secrets, and I am hooked. What makes Bookshop.org so special is that it is unapologetically anti-Amazon. When you purchase from bookshop.org, you are supporting local independent bookstores.
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Next, Governor Nuome responds to Katie Miller, Steven Miller's wife. She goes, "Cal is a hell hole thanks to Gavin Newsome." To which Governor Nuomo responds right away, "Our country is currently in hell because of your creepy husband." Now, during his interview with Ezra Klene of New York Times, Governor Nome said, "I want to see trans kids. I support the trans community because I want to be clear that it is my prerogative to make sure that we are an ally in the state of California and that we are an ally in this country." So, Republicans mock that. They they showed a photo of of Newsome and said, "I want to see trans kids." To which Governor Nome says, "Yep, RT." And then uh and then Elon Musk from his account goes um mocks Governor Nuome for saying that.
And then Newsome responds to Elon Musk, correct? We're sorry your daughter hates you, Elon. Um you know, because Elon has a trans daughter and Elon is um very very very discriminatory against the trans community. He says the most hateful things about his daughter. Next, Governor Nome says, "Our diversity is our strength." Here, play this clip.
I live in a state 27%. Just so people understand, California, 27% of the state is foreign born. It's a majority minority state. Um, I mentioned the word pluralism before because we practice it. It's a word you don't hear a lot about. I I think our strength is defined by that diversity. I know that offends JD Vance and everyone else. It offends the folks you've referenced. Truly offends them. That said, this is an issue that goes back. I remember this from my history books in the 1880s. This guy named Dennis Kernney, the working man's party, started every speech from beginning and end said whatever else must happens, the Chinese must go. Led to the Chinese Exclusion Act. He was in Oakland, California. Uh the Bay Area was the center of that universe. There was walls, virtual walls, uh that were being built in all these illustrations to keep the Chinese out of California. We were at peak immigration back then, peak
populism out there in so many respects. Trump. I mean, Kernney was the original Donald Trump, going after institutions, going after the media, uh, and obviously scapegoating others. Um, we saw that peak drop in the 1970s to a relatively modest percentage of our overall population, this country that is now getting close to the old 1880s peak. So, it's very familiar all of this. But I'm of the mindset, here's where I am on this. I'm of the Reagan mindset, life force of new Americans. He could have chosen any speech to leave the Oval Office. Ronald Reagan chose one speech to talk about the power of this country being defined that anyone can be part of this country. Nowhere else in the world is that the case, but it uniquely defines the greatness of America. I'm with Reagan on this point. And Governor Nome says the success of California is not an accident. It's because we're diverse. It's because of our progressive
tax policy. It's because of our investing in R&D. That's why California is thriving. Here, play this clip.
We have a formula for success. I mean, California success is not an accident. It's by design. I mean, we have 18% of the world's R&D. We invest in that. Billions and billions of those tax dollars go back into R&D tax credits. The UC system, I mean, how many more engineers, scientists, more Nobel laureates do we need? We have 13,700 active pending active patents in the UC system. Those ecosystems have created these trillion dollar companies, four trillion dollar companies, created and minted these billionaires and that are complaining about California. That's the benefits that we have provided for these companies have laid the foundation for innovation and quantum and fusion and robotics and space and the future and dominating that space. We have $180 billion. It's the largest since Pat Brown. $180 billion. It's build.ca.gov.
You can look it up. a transparent website that shows the biggest investments in capital and infrastructure in California's history that is being invested as we speak. We dominate in manufacturing have 2.8% of manufacturing advanced manufacturers in place like Florida. It's 13.9 in California. We dominate in every critical category
of the nation's total manufact. So we're number one in every category. So, the economic opportunities, the growth, the energy, the daring, the creativity, all of that is present in California. My gosh. Uh we have more Fortune 500 companies than we've had in a decade in California. We have more unicorn companies we ever had. Look at the venture capital that's going back into the state. And then Governor Nome mocked Donald Trump's post. You know, Donald Trump's post where he was like, "My aura is so good and anybody who talks my aura is so good." What a weird dude. And then Donald Trump's like, "Anybody who criticizes my health, that's treasonous. That's treasonous. I am in the best health ever." So, Governor Nome mocks it and says, "There has never been a governor who has worked as hard as me. My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best, actually the best. I've stopped the
great war between the charter schools and the teachers union. Created the greatest economy in the history of California, fourth largest economy in the world. Raised the minimum wage to levels never seen before, $20 an hour for our fast food workers. Rebuilt our firefighting fleet, now the largest in the world, created the largest tax cuts in the state's history. Then he goes on and on to mock Donald Trump. All of this created an aura around California that has led every other country in the world to respect us more than ever before and certainly more than the loser president who always falls asleep at work. Then in response to one of the clips we posted of Donald Trump saying for minors. Do we love miners? I love minors. Governor Nuomo says good to know. And then Donald Trump posted a Minecraft meme. America's most progrum writes. Donald Trump confirms that he loves minors. And in response to Donald
Trump saying, "Anyone who says that I'm in poor health is committing treason." Governor Nuome goes, "Donald Trump is in poor physical health." I want to read this to you because I think this is really important. Um, you know, in all seriousness, too, Governor Nuome says, "The Trump administration is failing where failure is not an option. Last week, a federally managed seismic sensor system sent a false shake alert to millions, incorrectly, signaling a major earthquake and exposing serious technical and oversight failures in critical federal Early Warning networks.
Trump's attack on the NOAA, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, and cuts to the National Tsunami Warning System are undermining hurricane forecasting, flood prediction, and science communities rely on these as climate change fuels more extreme storms, leaving responders with less information as water levels rise. California is doing its part, investing in earthquake early warning, upgrading flood defenses, expanding coastal monitoring, and building one of the most advanced disaster readiness networks in the world. But disasters don't stop at state lines, and we need a federal partner, not a federal failure. Finally, Governor Nuomo says in response to a Laura Ingram, Laura Ingraham post, Newsome writes, Fox News really doesn't know what to do with themselves now that Trump's influence is slipping. going to need a new job soon. Laura and Laura Ingram goes, "This is Indiana, the home
of Mike Pence. They'd rather lose the entire country than do something that the press may deem unfair." There you have it, folks. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Be sure to add the Midas Touch podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast for new updates every single day.
Questions about this episode
What is "Trump is SCARED TO DEATH as Newsom WANTS HIM REMOVED" about?
California Governor Gavin Newsom is aggressively targeting Donald Trump, calling him out as weak and criminal while using memes to highlight his criticisms. Newsom's bold approach, including depicting Trump in handcuffs, reflects a shift in power dynamics, with Newsom asserting that he is providing Trump and his supporters a taste of their own medicine.
What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?
51 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Gavin Nuome, bookshop.org, cuffing season, Abby Lee Miller, trans community, Hegsith. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.
How long is "Trump is SCARED TO DEATH as Newsom WANTS HIM REMOVED"?
The episode runs 15 min; the transcript is about 2,738 words in 24 timestamped sections.
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