00:00California's Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom urged Europe to develop a backbone and punch him in the face
00:07as he spoke to reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos referring to U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:14In blunt remarks, Newsom called Trump weak, stressing that the European Union should push back against him very aggressively.
00:22The Europeans should decide for themselves what to do, but one thing they can't do is what they've been doing.
00:30And they've been plagued. This guy's playing folks for fools, and it's embarrassing.
00:37It's time to get serious and stop being complicit. It's time to stand tall and firm, have a backbone.
00:45The EU is continuing to weigh countermeasures after Trump threatened tariffs on eight European countries
00:51who spoke out in support of Denmark in its row with Washington over Greenland.
00:56Trump warned that any retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. would be unwise and trigger further action against Europe.
01:05Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron, who was personally threatened with a 200% tariff over additional disagreements with Trump,
01:14has called on the EU to use its so-called trade bazooka, the anti-coercion instrument, in the face of these threats.
01:20Newsom asserted that Europeans need to be more bold, stop trying to appease Trump, and quote,
01:28fight fire with fire.
