June 11, 2025

Newsom vs. Trump, LA Protests, and That Awful Trump Golf Club Health Score

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Transcript

Governor Gavin Newsom sues Trump over military deployments in LA as protests over immigration heat up. Trump fires back, suggesting Newsom should be arrested. Meanwhile, JD Vance plays peacemaker between Trump and Elon Musk, Marines wait in Seal Beach, and Gavin maybe kicks off his 2028 campaign a little early. Plus, a deep dive into the horrifying health inspection score at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster—because nothing says "presidential" like expired milk and no soap.

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Calarugus shark media from Los Angeles, where we're under curfew.

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This is ballid. If your boss ever says you can

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do the podcast from LA and will even put you

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up in a nice hotel downtown, just say no, good morning.

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I'm Patrick Guttfield. The governor of California, Gavin Newsom is

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not happy. He's suing Trump and the Defense Department. Newsom

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said Trump chose theatrics over public safety, which is rich

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coming from a guy who survived a recall election by

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promising voters he'd keep French laundry open during lockdowns. Trump

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responded by suggesting Newsom should be arrested. So we've gone

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from states rights to arrest the governor in record time.

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That's like going from we need to talk to I'm

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taking the kids in one conversation. Meanwhile, Texas Governor Greg

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Abbott announced he's deploying the National Guard too. Abbot posted

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on x that peaceful protest is legal, but harming person

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or property will lead to arrest. Thanks for that legal clarification, governor.

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Next he'll tweet that water is wet and gravity pulls

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things down. The protests started after immigration and Customs enforcement

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began arresting two thousand people per day. Under Biden, they

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were averaging three hundred eleven daily arrests. That's like going

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from a regular dental cleaning to getting all your teeth

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pulled at once. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the

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military deployment wasn't necessary because police could handle the mostly

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peaceful protests, but she still imposed a curfew over one

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square mile downtown. One square mile that's smaller than most

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target parking lots. You could probably walk around the entire

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curfew zone and still have time to grab a coffee.

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Police made one hundred and ninety seven arrests on Tuesday alone,

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more than double all previous arrests combined. That's like a

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Black Friday sale, but instead of discounted electronics, everyone's getting

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criminal charges. Trump defended his actions at Fort Bragg, telling

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troops that army heroes didn't shed their blood on distant

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shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion

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and third world lawlessness. He also said his administration would

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liberate Los Angeles, liberate Los Angeles from what exactly traffic jams,

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overpriced avocado toast, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, California's Attorney

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General is worried about an eighteen seventy eight law that

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forbids military from civilian law enforcement. An eighteen seventy eight law.

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We're sighting laws from when people traveled by horse and

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thought electricity was witchcraft. But sure, let's base our military

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deployment policies on regulations older than the telephone. Seven hundred

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marines are currently staged in Seal Beach, thirty miles south

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of LA awaiting deployment to specific locations. That's like having

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a fire department show up to your house and just

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sitting in the driveway while your kitchen burns down. We're here,

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we're ready, We're just waiting for orders. So Gavinous gave

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a speech Tuesday night that was supposedly about the crisis

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in Los Angeles, but everyone's pretty sure it was actually

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his unofficial campaign launch for twenty twenty eight. The next

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presidential election is three years away, but apparently Newsom couldn't wait.

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That's like putting up Christmas decorations in September. Oh wait,

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people actually do that now. The speech had all the

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trappings of a presidential address, American flag, California flag, suit

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and tie, prepared remarks, prepared remarks. Newsom usually just wings it,

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but this time he had a script. That's like seeing

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your friend suddenly using proper grammar and text messages, you

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know something's up. Just a month ago, Newsom seemed to

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be fading into the background. He's fifty seven, in his

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final term as governor, dealing with budget deficits and wildfire cleanup. Basically,

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he was the political equivalent of a substitute teacher running

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out the clock. Then Trump attacked him, and suddenly Newsom's

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back in the spot. Newsom had been trying to work

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with Trump. Initially, he hosted a podcast called This Is

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Gavin Newsom, where he interviewed Trump supporters. A politician named

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a podcast after himself. That's like naming your autobiography the

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Story of Me by me. Actually, that's exactly what it is.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said Newsom should be tarred and feathered.

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Tarred and feathered, what is this seventeen seventy six? Next

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he'll suggest we settle disputes with duels at dawn. The

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Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster got a thirty two

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out of one hundred on their health inspection. Thirty two.

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That's not a health grade. That's a golf score, and

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for Trump that would actually be pretty good. The health

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inspector found expired milk, room temperature lemons, and no soap

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in the sinks. No soap at a place where the

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President of the United States eats. I've seen gas station

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bathrooms with better hygiene standards. This is like finding out

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the White House chef has been storing leftovers in his car.

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The general manager called it a politically motivated attack, right

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because bacteria are known for their strong political opinions. The

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E Coli was probably registered to vote Democrat. This salmonella

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is clearly part of the deep state. They had salted

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butter left on the counter, salted butter just sitting there

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like a dairy time bomb. That butter was probably older

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than some of Trump's cabinet picks. At least the butter

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had experience sitting around doing nothing. The inspector spent three

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hours tallying violations. Three hours that's longer than most Trump

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press conferences. She found faulty dishwashers, improperly stored raw meat,

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and poorly stalked sinks. This wasn't a kitchen inspection, it

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was an archaeological dig. The club's website boasts they used

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the finest and freshest ingredients. Well, technically, expired milk is

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stick an ingredient. It's just not fresh or fine or

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legal to serve to humans. General manager David Schutzenhoffer said

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they operate one of the most immaculate golf facilities in

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the country. Immaculate. The only thing immaculate about this place

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was the inspector's ability to find violations. She was like

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a health code detective solving the case of the missing

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soap dispenser. But even on the reinspection, they found new violations.

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The coffee creamer was fifty degrees instead of forty one.

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They had to pour it out. Imagine being the person

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who had to explain to customers why there's no creamer. Sorry,

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our dairy products are having temperature issues. Would you like

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some room temperature lemon slices instead? The inspector found that

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the chef failed to demonstrate knowledge of food safety. That's

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like saying the pilot failed to demonstrate knowledge of gravity.

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How do you become a chef without knowing basic food safety?

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Did he get his culinary degree from Trump University? This

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happened at a five hundred and twenty acre golf club

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that Trump bought in two thousand and two. Five hundred

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and twenty acres. You could hide a small city in there.

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Apparently they hid their violations too. The Trump organization didn't

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respond to questions about what made the inspection politically motivated.

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Maybe they think the thermometer was biased, your honor. That

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temperature gauge clearly has liberal tendencies. On the same day,

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another restaurant in the county got a thirty three, almost

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identical to Trump's thirty two. So either there's a conspiracy

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among health inspectors or New Jersey restaurants just really struggle

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with basic sanitation. I'm going with option two. The club

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features dining rooms overlooking thirty six holes of golf. Beautiful views.

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Too bad you might not survive the meal to enjoy them.

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Nothing says fine dining like wondering if your chicken salad

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is plotting against you. Portions of today's show were made

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with the help of a y