California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s social media team ignited a political firestorm this week after trolling former President Donald Trump with an AI-generated image — and then outmaneuvering Trump’s son when he tried to clap back.

The dust-up began Wednesday when Newsom’s press office changed its profile picture on X to a doctored image of Trump’s face blended with that of Marie Antoinette, and dressed in full 18th century garb and wig, captioned: “NEW PROFILE PIC! In honor of our Queen!”

The meme was recycled from the same jab that Newsom’s office delievered earlier in the week, referring to Trump’s controversial 90,000-square-foot expansion of the White House — a $200 million project funded in part by corporate donors including Google, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Palantir, according to CBS Ne

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