In yet another bold stand for American workers, freedom, and common sense, President Trump delivered a major blow to California’s radical green agenda, dismantling one of Governor Gavin Newsom’s most extreme environmental mandates.
On June 12, 2025, President Trump signed a resolution that effectively blocks California’s controversial ban on the sale of newly manufactured gas-powered vehicles starting in 2035 — a policy that epitomized the left’s obsession with forcing electric vehicles (EVs) on the American public, regardless of cost, reliability, or consumer demand.
Standing firm against the left’s climate extremism, President Trump didn’t mince words. “California’s rule is a disaster for this country,” he said, calling out Newsom’s overreach and branding the regulations “crazy.” In classic Trump fashion, he even threw a jab at his predecessor, joking, “No autopens allowed,” referring to reports that Joe Biden often signed major policies with an autopen instead of personally signing executive orders.
The president was clear: he supports American innovation, but rejects government coercion. “I like Tesla,” he said, showing support for Elon Musk’s company despite their recent public disagreements. “If you want to buy electric, you can buy electric. But don’t force Americans into it.” Trump reaffirmed his preference for reliable, American-made combustion engines — a symbol of U.S. manufacturing and freedom of choice that the left seeks to eradicate.
Predictably, California’s far-left leadership went into full meltdown mode. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a loyal foot soldier in Newsom’s war on traditional energy, called the president’s action “reckless, politically motivated, and illegal.” Bonta shamelessly accused Trump of “playing partisan games with lives on the line,” once again fear-mongering about so-called “toxic air” while ignoring the skyrocketing costs, power grid failures, and real-world impracticality of fully electrifying transportation in a state that can’t even keep the lights on.
Newsom, never one to miss an opportunity to grandstand, painted himself as a victim of what he called an “all-out assault on California.” In his hysterical response, Newsom claimed Trump’s policy would “destroy our clean air and America’s global competitiveness.” He even went so far as to absurdly call President Trump “a wholly-owned subsidiary of big polluters.”
But while Newsom throws tantrums to please his radical base, President Trump remains laser-focused on protecting American jobs, preserving consumer choice, and pushing back against the radical green schemes that threaten to dismantle American energy independence.
This latest legal clash between Trump and Newsom is only one front in a broader battle for the future of the country. The two are already locked in another legal showdown over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to restore law and order during the violent anti-ICE riots that erupted in Los Angeles on June 6 — riots that Newsom refused to properly contain.
In that case, Newsom accused Trump of “manufacturing a crisis” by sending federal troops to stop violent mobs from tearing apart neighborhoods and attacking law enforcement. The California governor outrageously claimed the president was “creating fear and terror” and even suggested that restoring order was somehow an “unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.”
Once again, Democrats like Newsom seem more concerned with protecting criminals, coddling violent protesters, and pushing their green utopian fantasies than defending law-abiding citizens, workers, and taxpayers.
As President Trump continues to dismantle the radical left’s overreach and fight for American sovereignty, California’s out-of-touch leadership serves as a prime example of what happens when progressive ideology is allowed to run unchecked. The battle lines are clear: common sense versus chaos, freedom versus government control, and America First versus the radical green machine.
