The advice of former Trump spokesperson that sparked a storm in California

Former White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt called on California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to cooperate with President Trump. Newsom's senior adviser rejected the remarks and recalled the federal takeover of the National Guard.

Former White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, who served in the Trump administration, called on California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to cooperate with President Trump to improve the state's situation. Leavitt, appearing on the show "Real Time with Bill Maher," argued that similar cooperation in Washington had yielded positive results in clearing homelessness and crime. Newsom's senior adviser, Izzy Gardon, sharply rejected the remarks and recalled that a previous meeting of the governor in the Oval Office in February 2025 ended with a unilateral federal takeover of 4,700 California National Guard soldiers. Tensions between Newsom and Trump escalated after the Justice Department opened an investigation into the governor and his wife regarding tax reports.