California Governor Gavin Newsom used a rare face-to-face moment with some of the country's most powerful executives to accuse them of capitulating to President Donald Trump, turning a high-wattage business forum into a public shaming of corporate deference.

Newsom, who was San Francisco mayor in the 2000s, has long been close with tech leaders. As governor, he counts on the industry’s outsized gains to keep a massive state budget balanced. As a possible 2028 presidential contender, he could find Silicon Valley’s deep-pocketed donors helpful.

BITING THE BIG APPLE — Gavin Newsom didn’t go to New York to make friends. Instead, the governor chided Wall Street executives in the nation’s financial capital Wednesday for, as he described it, submitting to Donald Trump and profiting off of the “crony capitalism” ingrained in the president’s administration.

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Forget lofty policy debates and carefully worded statements — the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom is now operating as a relentless, headline-grabbing political provocateur, and its target is none other than President Donald Trump.

California Governor Gavin Newsom chided CEOs and others at The New York Times ‘ DealBook Summit for bowing to Donald Trump and his demands, criticizing Silicon Valley executives for their quest to get in the president’s good graces.