00:00California Governor Gavin Newsom contends he's sounding the alarm, saying he believes President Trump will try for a third term.
00:07He also warns the administration is building what he calls the world's largest private police force with its $75 million expansion of ICE.
00:18Newsom made the comments at Politico's first California policy summit, accusing Trump of authoritarian actions and urging Democrats to, quote, fight fire with fire.
00:28I'm sick and tired of Democrats being on the losing end in this country and our democracy being on the losing end.
00:35We have got to fight fire with fire.
00:37Newsom says he's convinced Donald Trump wants more than two terms, pointing to Trump 2028 hats sent to him by the president's team.
00:45I don't think Donald Trump wants another election.
00:49You think for a second you want?
00:51I have two dozen Trump 2028 hats.
00:56His folks keep sending me.
00:58And you and you think he's going to run again?
01:02Don't give me.
01:03You know, who spends two hundred million dollars on a ballroom at their home and then leaves?
01:08Newsom also defended his redistricting plan in California, calling it a temporary measure to protect democracy.
01:14Trump has threatened to sue, blasting it as the Election Rigging Response Act.
01:19Newsom also criticized Donald Trump's use of federal troops in California and Washington, D.C., warning ICE agents could end up at polling sites.
01:28The interview came shortly after he suggested in a social media post that Trump may have dementia after the president claimed wildfires earlier this year could be stopped by just turning the water on.
01:40Trump ordered billions of gallons released from a reservoir more than 100 miles from the flames, a move researchers called unnecessary and risky for farmland.
01:48The White House fired back, calling Newsom's comments a distraction from his, quote, terrible handling of the fires.
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