Newsom addresses Trump's threat to arrest him as the two spar over LA riot response: 'Point of no return'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said helium has crafted a program successful the lawsuit the Trump medication arrests him aft helium and President Donald Trump went head-to-head implicit the handling of the migration protests successful Los Angeles. 

Newsom said helium and his squad person "processed" what it would mean for him if the Trump medication secured a national warrant for his arrest, Newsom said successful an interrogation with the "Pod Save America" podcast hosted by erstwhile Obama medication officials that aired Monday night. 

"What’s truthful absurd astir that question is I’ve really thought astir it," Newsom said erstwhile asked astir preparations successful the lawsuit authorities instrumentality him into custody. 

"The information that we are adjacent having that speech with our folks, and person had that speech with our folks successful the United States successful 2025, I mean, it says everything you request to cognize astir who’s successful the White House close now," Newsom said. 

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Newsom besides addressed the apprehension threats successful an interrogation with The Washington Post published Tuesday, signaling that the narration betwixt the 2 had reached a constituent beyond repair. 

"He conscionable threatened my arrest. One would assume, oregon presume, that’s the constituent of nary return," Newsom told The Washington Post. "I’m constitutionally susceptible of moving with people, adjacent those that telephone for my arrest. So, I stay resolved successful that respect, arsenic I stay resolved to person the backs of kids whose lives are being threatened by his authoritarian tendencies."

President Donald Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump locomotion with California Gov. Gavin Newsom aft arriving connected Air Force One astatine Los Angeles International Airport Jan. 24, 2025.  (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Trump’s borderline czar, Tom Homan, archetypal suggested successful an interrogation with NBC News Saturday that Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass could look apprehension if they hamper immoderate national efforts to deport amerciable immigrants. 

In response, Newsom appeared to taunt Homan to instrumentality him into custody. 

"He’s a pugnacious guy. Why doesn’t helium bash that? He knows wherever to find me," Newsom told MSNBC News Sunday. "That benignant of bloviating is exhausting. So, Tom, apprehension me. Let's go."

When asked astir threats to apprehension Newsom, Trump told reporters Monday that Newsom’s superior transgression "is moving for politician due to the fact that he's done specified a atrocious job," adding helium would apprehension Newsom if helium were Homan. 

Newsom voiced disappointment successful effect to Trump’s remarks and cautioned the threats amounted to a measurement toward authoritarianism. 

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U.S. borderline czar Tom Homan responded to the ICE riots successful LA during a caller quality connected MSNBC. (Getty Images)

"The President of the United States conscionable called for the apprehension of a sitting Governor," Newsom said Monday successful a station connected X. "This is simply a time I hoped I would ne'er spot successful America. I don’t attraction if you’re a Democrat oregon a Republican this is simply a enactment we cannot transverse arsenic a federation — this is an unmistakable measurement toward authoritarianism."

Meanwhile, Homan appeared to soften his archetypal statement, saying an apprehension would lone hap if a transgression were committed by Newsom and Bass. 

"Well, that full thing’s been taken retired of context," Homan said. "They haven’t crossed a enactment yet, but similar immoderate different U.S. citizen, if you transverse that line, I don’t attraction who they are. The governor, the mayor, immoderate — erstwhile you perpetrate a transgression against ICE officers, we volition question prosecution."

Newsom, who was archetypal elected politician successful 2018 and was re-elected successful 2022, has drawn the ire of Trump for however he’s handled aggregate issues successful his state, including the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles successful January.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump conscionable successful January during the wildfires successful Los Angeles.  (Pool)

The 2 person sparred implicit Trump’s determination to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to California aft protests launched Friday successful effect to recent arrests successful the city by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

While Trump has argued the National Guard troops are indispensable to forestall demolition successful Los Angeles, Newsom has said the deployment violated California’s authorities sovereignty. State governors usually oversee National Guard troops, but Trump invoked a instrumentality to spot the troops nether national bid truthful helium could circumvent Newsom. 

On Monday, Newsom said astir of the troops "are sitting, unused, successful national buildings without orders." 

"This isn’t astir nationalist safety," Newsom said successful a Monday station connected X. "It’s astir stroking a unsafe President’s ego."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.