President Trump had kind words for Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was in the audience for his speech at Davos — despite the two clashing publicly throughout the week at the World Economic Forum.
“I know Gavin was here. I used to get along so great with Gavin when I was president [the first time]. Gavin’s a good guy,” the president said.
“We did help them a lot in Los Angeles, a lot … early in my term, when they had some problems. But we would love to do it. I will say this, if I were a Democrat governor, or whatever, I would call up Trump, I’d say, ‘Come on in [and] make us look good,’ because we’re cutting crime down to nothing,” he added.
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