‘Nailed it’: Trump’s hilarious reaction to Newsom claiming he can’t read

Well, as we know, Gavin Newsom wants to be the next president of the United States. And just last month, he made this slightly bizarre pitch to voters about himself, insisting that as much as this might come as a huge shock to you, he's not that bright.

I'm not, you know, I'm not trying to impress you. I'm just trying to impress upon you. I'm like you. I'm no better than you You know, I'm a 960 SAT guy And you know, and I'm not trying to offend anyone, you know trying to act all there if you got 940

But literally a 960 SAT guy I cannot, you've never seen me read a speech.

And?

Because I cannot read a speech. Maybe the wrong business to be in.

Okay, insisting that he cannot read a speech as he promotes a new book that he's written about himself. But Gavin Newsom is running into the same problems that Kamala Harris experienced in her election campaign in 2024, forgetting about things they have publicly said in the past.

Here's Gavin Newsom previously talking about how quickly he got through a book.

You've written a hell of a book, and I don't say that lightly. I went through it in a quick hour and a half, almost two hours. And trust me, I don't say that lightly. I went through it in a quick hour and a half, almost two hours. And trust me, I don't read very fast, but it reads at an unbelievable pace.

It's so well-written. And of course, it's so familiar because I felt a little bit adjacent that it's so much of the subject matter, but it's 18 chapters. It's an impressive piece of work.

The hand thing, he's got to stop the hand thing. But anyway, can he read, can he not read? I mean, I don't think anyone even asked him the question. It's something for some reason he keeps bringing up. So it's either lying or he's telling the truth about not being, you know, all that smart.

But here is Donald Trump nailing it today, saying that when it comes to being the leader of the free world, you do not want someone in there with a cognitive deficiency.

I want the President of the United States to have a cognitive deficiency. Right? And when he admitted this, I said, I think he just lost the Democrat nomination. What do I know? But you know what I'm for everybody, but you know when it comes to president you got to be sharp You've got to be sharp as hell

Come on Democrats I mean we've seen the disaster of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and America absolutely rejected that in 2024. And right now Newsom is the front-runner to be the Democrat nominee and yet his polling has never been worse. So there's clearly a chance right now for someone to rise up pretty quickly and the left seems to be obsessed with James Tallarico, the Texas Democrat Senate candidate, then correct me

if I'm wrong here, but I'm not sure if he's really the answer either, because here he is saying that God is non-binary and we should all be imagining a wonderful world without prisons.

They're going to throw everything they have at us. They're going to call me a radical leftist. Our trans community needs abortion care too. God is non-binary. Modern science obviously recognizes there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact there are six. Prison is violence. It's hard to imagine a world without prison. Just because it's hard to

imagine doesn't mean you shouldn't. Fascinating thought that one, definitely one that would improve society and making it a much safer place, I'm sure. Look, while speaking about some of the Democrats, earlier this week I saw a video message pop up from

the disastrous mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass who somehow still holds that position. And was it a message about the progress on rebuilding homes after the fires?

Nope. Addressing the city's homelessness crisis? No, not that one either. Something far more important. Here it is.

Everyone, today is March 8th. It is International Women's Day. So let's take a moment to honor the courageous women who came before us. While celebrated globally, International Women's Day actually started right here in the United States. The day originated from the political and economic struggles led by working women right here, demanding shorter hours, better pay, and basic safety. We stand in solidarity with working women around the world

who continue to struggle to break barriers and shatter glass ceilings. We need to remember that our progress today is built on the shoulders of the past and that achieving true gender equality ultimately is gonna take all of us fighting for it,

but all of us will benefit from it. So happy International Women's Day.

I'm so sorry, that actually went for a lot longer than I thought, so sorry to put you through that, but isn't it funny how she can prioritize a buzzy, happy social media video, yet when her city was burning, she couldn't say one word to a journalist

asking her for answers, just asking her to respond, to say something as a leader. Do you remember that? Anyway, this may also shock you, but this bizarre video seems to have backfired.

Unfortunately for Karen Bass, people in Los Angeles, including the women, they're not happy with what a disaster the city has become under her leadership. People have responded to the video, leaving comments such as this. How many women haven't been able to rebuild their homes under your watch?

How many women's businesses or business owners have had to close under your watch? And how many women don't feel safe even walking down the street anymore. Another wrote, if you want to support women, then perhaps no men in women's sports or bathrooms. I mean, that's a pretty fair point, I would say. Now, when I think of Karen Bass, of course, I just think of her lack of leadership when the city was burning and those catastrophic wildfires at the start of last year.

And how many homes that were destroyed in the Palisade fires, how many of them have been rebuilt? Is it 5%? Is it less than that? Is it 3%? No, it's a whopping 0.2%.

That is how many of the houses destroyed in the Palisade wildfires have been rebuilt, rebuilt rather, according to figures released just last week, 0.2%. I mean, it's really time to get a move on, isn't it? And just last month, it was revealed that Karen Bass secretly altered the official Palisade fires response report to downplay the failures that she made, to downplay the failures by the city and fire department when the deadly blaze erupted. That is according to sources who spoke to the LA Times.

Well, at least we know that as well as trying to cover her tracks for her disastrous decisions, she is also failing to get homes rebuilt quickly. But she has time to post videos of herself with some buzzy elevator music wishing Angelinos a happy International Women's Day Thank you so much because that is what is so important and that is what Angelinos are just crying out for Now, I know that Donald Trump is not perfect

He's far from it But I think it's fair to say that when it comes to President Trump what you see is what you get and you get bold leadership and a lot of humor.

I don't want to brag, but you know,

they've said this about a lot of things.

No other president could do some of the s*** I'm doing. No other president.

He's right.

The things I'm doing, nobody else was going to do. I say, they say it all the time, sir, could you do this? You're the only one can do it. I say they say it all the time sir could you do this you're the only one can do it.

Joining us now is Oli London, author and media personality. Oli, thank you so much for your time. It's great to see you. Let's start with the conflict in the Middle East. President Donald Trump saying today that America has already won against Iran, yet, of course, clarifying that the job is not yet over.

Here he is.

Operation Epic Fury. Is that a great name? Well, it's only good if you win. You know, you can only do — and we've won. Let me say, we've won. You know, you never like to say too early, you won.

We won. We won the — in the first hour, it was over. But we won. But they gave me a list of names in general. Sir, you can pick the name you'd like, sir. I said, the name of what? The name of the attack on Iran, sir.

And they gave me, like, 20 names. And I'm, like, falling asleep. I didn't like any of them. Then I see Epic Fury. I said, I like that name. I like that name.

He still manages to make this all very entertaining. And stand by to watch the leftist media go into meltdown over that clip from Donald Trump. But we know that the US has knocked out almost 60 Iranian naval ships and the US is, of course, absolutely winning this war. Yet Trump has made the point that we don't want to be going back

every two years, and many of us were certainly hoping that we can see regime change. How do you

see this conflict playing out? Well, obviously the conflict is still ongoing. You have Iran launching and deploying a series of mine-laying ships and around 16 ships were taken out in strikes. Basically, they're just like a sinking ship going down. They're trying to cause as much destruction as possible. They're attacking cargo vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. And as we know, the Strait of Hormuz is a very vital shipping route

for global trade, for oil transportation. They've been striking using drones in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait's- cut off at the UAE today basically trying to cause as much destruction as possible while the U. S. and Israel. Took out come any

within the first day- and reports indicates- that his son what you are but who is now the supreme leader. He was also wounded in those strikes. His legs were injured because

he didn't show it his recent allegiance ceremony they had a picture of him, framed picture of him instead. So, you know, while President Trump has made those comments, there are still many Iranian drones being launched, many

missiles being launched, and they're basically trying to cause as much destruction as possible to every country in the region. They attacked Azerbaijan.

They launched drones at Cyprus, of course Israel, they killed over eight people in a residential area. So they're a sinking ship, but they wanna go down causing as much destruction as possible.

You know, absolutely seeing that. Oli, when we spoke at the start of this around 12 days ago when Khomeini had been killed, we were speaking about just how happy we were for the people of Iran, really, that they were on the verge of liberation, are on the verge of liberation, and we've been seeing people, Iranian people around the world celebrating.

A story that has certainly gripped the nation here in Australia is the Iranian women's soccer players. And there was, of course, huge concern for their welfare after they bravely defiantly refused to sing the national anthem but then they were labeled traitors by Iranian state TV and we witnessed some of those players signaling for granted asylum here in Australia. Donald Trump had a part to play in that as well, calling up our Prime Minister Anthony

Albanese at two in the morning to make sure that these women were offered and granted asylum. But of course, not everyone chose to stay in Australia. Some chose to go back to Iran. They had concerns about their family and their family back in Iran. So how do you feel about this story, Oli? I'm sure there's still plenty of concern for the ones who have gone back.

Well, this was an incredible act of courage for these brave women to defy the regime and refuse to sing the national anthem. That took incredible courage considering- what's the regime does to people that- you know don't pay by their rules- as we know Iran killed- tens of thousands

of people during protests- in January. After they shut down the internet they carried out the most horrific massacres. And the brave Iranian people continued to take to the streets and still continue to take to the streets.

So this move by the football players, this silent protest was incredibly powerful. And as we saw the women that were granted asylum, you saw the photo of them posing with Australian Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke, and they removed their hijabs. That tells you everything. These women, they were not allowed to wear hijabs. the women that were granted asylum, you saw the photo of them posing with Australian Home Affairs

Minister Tony Burke and they removed their hijabs. That tells you everything. These women clearly were grateful for their freedom, but there were of course many concerns about their family members. We had the story yesterday of one member of the football team has actually been granted asylum, but they've now decided to return to Iran. So we saw also footage of the handlers. At the football team

one of the women clearly the prairie distress issues being pulled by another teammate to the bus surrounded by the Iranian- regime handlers- and the woman that did. Change her

mind she contacts the Iranian embassy- and that then exposes occasion all the other women so they have to be moved side. Clearly the regime is putting a lot of pressure on these women- they all trying to

set an example that trying to spark fear among them and- just this week the Iranian regime officials including the Iran chief of police. Have been on state television channels

threatening people as enemies if they dare to take the side of the US and Israel, if they dare to defy the regime. So, you know, we know these women are facing very severe consequences. And we saw them even doing a distress signal,

which was really harrowing to see.

Very harrowing to see. I was listening to my colleague, Rita Panahi, speaking about this. She also pointed out, as you did, Olli, that many of these women removed their hijabs as soon as they were granted asylum here in Australia. And you talked about just the bravery and the courage

of the people in Iran who've been taken to the streets protesting. Rita Panahi, when I was listening to her, made that point as well, about just how brave and courageous they were. I wonder how many of us would be brave enough to go out and protest knowing that you could

be killed for it. I want to talk about what's happening in the United States, a bit of a change of pace because we've heard from former first lady Jill Biden. She's speaking out about her husband, Joe Biden, well his decision, apparent decision, to exit the 2024 presidential race. She's releasing a new memoir, not sure how many people really want to be hearing from

Jill Biden, but this is set to be released in June according to reports from the Associated Press. So Jill Biden told the AP that the memoir would be a reflection of my four years as first lady, okay. And she's also said in a video that she wants to set the record straight.

Olly, is it just me? I mean, how many people are going to go out and buy this book just desperate to hear from Jill Biden? I mean, I wonder if we'll be getting any truth from

her as she clearly watched her husband's decline as we all did. And she didn't say anything. I wonder if she'll also have anything nice to say about Kamala Harris in there too.

Well, you know, clearly she's trying to ride off the success of first lady Melania who had a number one best selling book on the New York Times list and her incredible documentary

that has shattered records in the US. It's now number one on Amazon Prime. So clearly she's trying to compete with Melania and you know she's going to pull up our

shorts and- yes she's now saying she's I've been revealed details that you never built before and- no it sounds like she's just trying to plug the book she's just trying to get

sales you know Kamala's also released the book. At trying to cut cash in on- all of the consequences surrounding- in on all of the kind of secrecy surrounding Biden's declining health, his mental cognitive ability during the White House. But, you know, she could have easily spoken out during that time, but she hasn't. So she said she's going to put it all in a book. But is anybody really

going to buy this book? It seems like she's really just trying to compete with Melania.

It's just crazy, isn't it, that they're really all trying to cash in on such a disastrous election campaign 2024. I mean, we all witnessed the disaster unfold under Joe Biden as he struggled in the debate and it was just train wreck after train wreck when it came to interviews. But Jill Biden, I think she actually has a lot to answer for but I doubt we'll be getting any truthful answers from that book. Also, I want to talk to you about Charlie Kirk. Can you believe it? This week it's been six months since the great Charlie Kirk was assassinated on

stage. Let's just take a look at this tribute to him.

How do you want to be remembered? I want to be remembered for courage, for my faith. That would be the most important thing. Most important thing is my faith in my life.

I think we're all missing his voice right now, Oli.

Yeah, and you know, it has been six months now and what we've really seen, and you know, Charlie Kirk's legacy has been continued because in the wake of his assassination, you saw a huge surge in Generation Z going to church. Some of them hadn't been ever

before. So you had a huge sign up of young people going to church, wanting to discover faith, and also wanting to have open debates.

Charlie was famous for doing these campus debates where he'd sit down on a chair and, you know, people could ask him anything. People that agreed with him, people that disagreed with him, and he would

have a very civil debate. So I think his legacy has really inspired a lot of Gen Z to be more open about free speech, have these kind of open and honest debates because far too

often we see these kind of open and honest debates because far too often we see these kind of crazy liberals on campuses, they want to shut down debate, they don't like people having an opinion and you know Charlie's legacy really is encouraging people just to have that conversation whether you agree with someone or disagree, maybe you can find some middle ground and you know again his faith, he's preaching about faith and obviously Erica Kirk has been very open, speaking about that.

And I think she's inspired a lot of people. But sadly, she's also been attacked by some people like Candace Owens. You know, everybody grieved in different ways. And I think Erica's been trying to, as a devoted wife, trying to continue his legacy,

trying to spread Christianity as well. And I think she's been very unfairly attacked by some people like Candace Owens, when she's simply trying to continue his legacy, trying to inspire the next generation and trying to continue the work of Turning Point USA.

I'm so shocked by the way Erica Kirk has been treated. I mean, the widow, the wife of Charlie Kirk, the mother of Charlie Kirk's children and Candace Owens has just attacked Erica Kirk has been treated. I mean the the widow, the wife of Charlie Kirk, the mother of Charlie Kirk's children and Candace Owens has just attacked Erica Kirk so unfairly. It's pretty disgusting to see and to see people watch and kind of encourage this kind of fake investigation into Erica is is shocking. But on your point that Charlie Kirk wanted to be remembered for his faith

and of course since he was murdered we started to See more and more people returning to church and Christianity is on the rise right now Here's the world's most successful podcaster Joe Rogan speaking about Christianity

Are you Christian? Well, I go to church. I have been for quite a while. Okay, so I've been doing it for the last three or

four years

I I think it's very interesting. And I do believe that if you follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, you will live a better life. I really do believe that.

Olly, I think it's really interesting hearing that from Joe Brogan. What did you make of it?

Yeah, absolutely. You know, again, we're seeing a surge in people speaking about faith very openly and just recently as well Gwen Stefani spoke up about She really started devoting herself to Christ after

Having her second child her son when she got pregnant age 44 She didn't think it was possible and she's she's been very candid about that. But sadly she's been attacked, you know people that Speak openly about their faith and share that do get attacked by some on the left. You know, they, they tried to call them, you know, MAGA haters or grifters or whatever, just for basically being Christian. And Joe Rogan is always super famous for being candid, super famous for being honest. And he has such a big platform. So I think him speaking about his faith and when Stefani so many other big names,

I think it's really encouraging. And again, back to Charlie Kirk, I think it really gives his legacy a new meaning that the fact that so many people are now so open about their faith. It's a beautiful thing.

I agree 100 percent. Olly London, author and media personality, thank you so much for making the time to speak with us here on Power Hour. Always so wonderful to speak with you. Always so wonderful to speak with you.

Thank you so much.