California Gov. Gavin Newsom couldn’t help himself after Donald Trump claimed—in all seriousness—that he “saved millions of lives” by imposing tariffs.

Trump made the bizarre boast during a Fox News phone interview with Sean Hannity, touting his use of trade wars as a kind of global peace strategy.

Newsom, who has positioned himself as one of Trump’s most visible Democratic critics ahead of the 2028 election cycle, has repeatedly mocked Trump’s self-congratulatory foreign policy claims.

“I think we shocked everybody by a lot with the tariffs and all of that,” Trump told Hannity. “But you know, having the ability to deal with trade, having the ability to use tariffs to help me make a point, the tariffs have brought peace to the world.”

The president then doubled down, insisting his trad

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