A Delicious Newsom Factcheck: Period – Full Stop

California is a failing state under Governor Gavin Newsom: highest cost of living burden, high crime, 1/3 of the entire country’s welfare recipients, 1/2 of the country’s homeless drug addicts, a government-created water shortage, weakest election integrity in the country, failing schools, and an insurance crisis on the verge of collapse… what did I forget? Ah, and California has a Democrat Super-Supermajority, which explains all of the areas of collapse.

The Globe just reported on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s NBC interview with Kristen Welker, where the governor of the worst state in the country is attempting to “redistrict” (read: cheat) the few remaining Republicans out of California congressional districts by running a redistricting scam mid-decade. Newsom is actually “dismantling Democracy.”

Yet the kafkaesque Newsom told Welker about President Donald Trump:

“I mean, this is a historically unpopular president. His policies are even more unpopular than the president himself. In every core category, he’s underwater. And he’s a guy that promised to make us wealthier and healthier. We’re poorer and sicker, across the board. People are starting to realize that not only is their coffee more expensive, their beef is more expensive, but the cost of an automobile is more expensive, since he became president, the cost of utilities. All the things he promised to solve, day one, he hasn’t solved. So his recklessness aside, his style aside, the substance, he hasn’t delivered. And that’s why, again, we’re here, Prop 50, because he knows he’s going to lose the midterms and he’s trying to rig the election before one vote is cast.”

More distortion, danger, and dehumanization by bureaucracy, courtesy of Gavin Newsom – the very definition of kafkaesque.

Let’s take a closer look at Gavin Newsom’s claims since NBC anchor Kristen Welker did not.

Newsom claims “This is a historically unpopular president.”

CNN’s Harry Enten reports Trump appears to be emerging politically unscathed, and even strengthened, from the ongoing government shutdown, according to new polling.

And Newsweek’s tracker shows that Trump’s net approval rating is at its highest point since August 21, at -6 points, with 45 percent approving and 51 percent disapproving. Newsweek explains “Presidents almost always see their approval ratings fall during government shutdowns, as voters grow frustrated with political gridlock. Trump’s slight improvement suggests the public may not be placing the bulk of the blame on him this time, or that partisan divisions have hardened so much that traditional political fallout no longer applies.”

Newsom claims: “His policies are even more unpopular than the president himself. In every core category, he’s underwater.”

Again, CNN’s Harry Enten reported on polls that show President Donald Trump is “basically more popular than he was at any point in term number one, and more popular than he was when he won election back in November of 2024.”

“The bottom line is, the percentage of Americans who say we’re on the right track is through the room,” Enten told CNN host Sara Sidner. “And if you were to compare it to when presidents have historically been re-elected, of course, Trump is not constitutionally eligible to run for re-election, but I think it sort of puts it in perspective, 42 percent of the country says the country is on the right track when the incumbent party is re-elected.”

Newsom claims: “And he’s a guy that promised to make us wealthier and healthier.”

“Since his win, Trump has brought $20 trillion of investment to the U.S. Tariffs are already working, as companies (in Canada particularly) are fleeing to the U.S. investing billions, while moving factories, increasing wages, training employees in A.I.,” Elizabeth Nickson just reported. The list of new U.S.-based investments in President Trump’s second term is posted below and includes Apple, NVIDIA, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Westinghouse, John Deere, etc…

And she notes that “Wall Street is sitting on another $10 trillion that should be invested in the American economy.”

As important, “Growth is being driven by the private sector — not the government. Federal government spending fell for the second straight quarter, while real business fixed investment rose by 1.9% following its first quarter surge,” the White House reports.

Newsom claims: “We’re poorer and sicker, across the board.”

We aren’t sicker, we just can’t afford Obamacare, or any other health insurance plan, and aren’t using the very expensive medical care unless we have to. We used to purchase insurance plans with low premiums that covered “catastrophic” medical expenses but left smaller medical expenses and doctor visits to the insured. Obamacare outlawed catastrophic plans, and we are saddled with the highest premiums and annual deductibles in U.S. history.

Economist Stephen Moore explained: “Even as regulated by Obamacare, this coverage charges premiums that are only about half the amount of other Obamacare plans. For example, Forbes recently analyzed the premiums of 77 catastrophic health plans nationwide. The average premium for a 50-year-old member is $443 per month, or $5,316 per year, compared to almost $10,000 for the average Obamacare plan, according to Paragon Health Institute calculations.”

Newsom claims: “People are starting to realize that not only is their coffee more expensive, their beef is more expensive, but the cost of an automobile is more expensive, since he became president, the cost of utilities.”

Bidenomics led to Biden-flation: Coffee, beef, cars and utilities more expensive? Welcome to Biden-flation. It will take perhaps 2-3 years to actually overcome the Biden economy.

Even The Hill knows this. In 2024 The Hill reported, “Biden owns inflation: He bought it with massive spending and Americans are paying for it economically. Now, Biden’s afraid he will have to pay for it politically.”

“Inflation has been far worse during the Biden administration, up 20.1% over the first 45 months of Biden’s term compared to 7.1% during Trump’s first 45 months, according to the government’s consumer price index,” Forbes reported. “That equates to annualized inflation rates of 5.4% under Biden and 1.9% under Trump.”

E.J. Antoni at the Heritage Foundation reported, “Just one month on the job, President Donald Trump has already overseen a dramatic improvement in the economy, with the monthly inflation rate being cut in half. By any measure, inflation improved significant in February and the Trump administration is perfectly positioned to not only slow inflation further, but eventually bring prices down.”

Newsom claims: “All the things he promised to solve, day one, he hasn’t solved. So his recklessness aside, his style aside, the substance, he hasn’t delivered.”

E.J. Antoni continues, “Whether it’s tax rates, international trade, or DOGE and wasteful government spending, the Trump administration is doing exactly the opposite of its predecessor, and the results are heaven-sent for an American people that has been ravaged by inflation.

“That being said, momentum is an incredibly powerful force in physics and economics. The Trump administration is effectively trying to stop a freight train, then make it change direction. That will take not only a Herculean effort, but also time.

“As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent describes it, this effort is a whole-of-government approach. Bringing down inflation involves the Treasury working on tax cuts, the Department of Energy working on oil, gas, and coal production, the Department of Commerce working on international trade, and nearly every department working on regulatory reform.”

So, actual economists say that coffee, beef, cars and utilities will come down in cost, in Trump’s whole-of-government approach to changing the economic direction of the U.S.

As we recently opined, “Because Gavin Newsom is inauthentic, phony and specious (to be polite), as well as a compulsive liar (to be a little harsh).  A compulsive liar is a habitual liar. Newsom’s inauthenticity leads him to compulsively lie to whomever he is speaking – a kind of pandering.

Newsom claims: “he [Trump] knows he’s going to lose the midterms and he’s trying to rig the election before one vote is cast.”

Even if California’s Proposition 50 passes and Gavin succeeds in getting rid of several of the 9 elected Republican members of Congress from California, other Red States will likely make up the difference. Californians will be screwed by Newsom, the the country will benefit.

“As other red states follow suit, Democrats lack good answers, says UC Berkeley political scientist Eric Schickler,” Berkeley News reported. Schickler said As California is hoping to offset Texas by sending more Democrats to Washington, D.C., “It’s an arcane fight, using the peculiar processes of gerrymandering to press for maximum political power.”

He said, the redistricting conflict “has broad implications for democracy.”

It’s a good thing that we are a Representative Republic that practices some elements of Democracy – voting and representative democracy. California will eventually self-correct.

Gavin Newsom’s ridiculous statement to Kristen Welker was made worse by his pathetic lie when she asked him about why he wants to run for president. “I don’t,” Newsom said, a 180-degree distance from last week when Newsom clearly indicated a potential presidential campaign was in the works for 2028.

“I’m focused on Prop 50. I’m focusing on fair and free elections.”

However, Newsom just admitted on “CBS News Sunday Morning Oct 26th that he wants to be president and is giving “serious thought” to a run for the White House in 2028. “I’d be lying otherwise. I’d just be lying. And I’m not − I can’t do that.”

Because he’s focused on “fair and free elections.”

A pathological liar lies incessantly to get their way and does so with little awareness. A compulsive liar is a habitual liar. Which is Gavin Newsom?

Newsom: "There is nothing I dislike more than the politician that sits there and lies to you. We all just sit there rolling our eyes." pic.twitter.com/cg6dupzFG9

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 2, 2025

Here is the non-comprehensive running list of new U.S.-based investments in President Trump’s second term:

• Apple announced a $600 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing and workforce training as it brings additional components of its supply chain and advanced manufacturing back to the U.S. — along with an American manufacturing program to incentivize its suppliers to make their products in the U.S.
• Project Stargate, led by Japan-based Softbank and U.S.-based OpenAI and Oracle, announced a $500 billion private investment in U.S.-based artificial intelligence infrastructure.
• NVIDIA, a global chipmaking giant, announced it will invest $500 billion in U.S.-based AI infrastructure over the next four years amid its pledge to manufacture AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. for the first time.
• Micron Technology, the sole U.S.-based manufacturer of advanced memory chips, announced a $200 billion investment in its U.S.-based manufacturing and production of advanced memory chips — including construction of a second chip fabrication facility in Boise, Idaho, and modernizing its Manassas, Virginia, facility.
• IBM announced a $150 billion investment over the next five years in its U.S.-based growth and manufacturing operations.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced a $100 billion investment in U.S.-based chips manufacturing.
• Johnson & Johnson announced a $55 billion investment over the next four years in manufacturing, research and development, and technology — including a $2 billion dedicated manufacturing facility at the FUJIFILM site in Holly Springs, North Carolina.
• AstraZeneca announced a $50 billion investment for medicines manufacturing and research in the U.S.
• Roche, a Swiss drug and diagnostics company, announced a $50 billion investment in U.S.-based manufacturing and research and development, which is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time jobs and more than 12,000 jobs including construction.
• Bristol Myers Squibb announced a $40 billion investment over the next five years in its research, development, technology, and U.S.-based manufacturing operations.
• Amazon announced a $20 billion investment to expand its cloud computing infrastructure in Pennsylvania, creating at least 1,250 new high-skilled jobs, a $10 billion investment to build new data centers in North Carolina, and has committed to a $4 billion investment in small towns across America, creating more than 100,000 new jobs and driving opportunities across the country.
• Eli Lilly and Company announced a $27 billion investment to more than double its domestic manufacturing capacity.
• Vantage Data Centers announced a $25 billion investment to build a mega-scale 1.4GW data center campus in Shackelford County, Texas — which will employ more than 5,000 people across construction and ongoing operations.
• United Arab Emirates-based ADQ and U.S.-based Energy Capital Partners announced a $25 billion investment in U.S. data centers and energy infrastructure.
• Google announced a $25 billion investment in data center and AI infrastructure.
• Blackstone announced a $25 billion investment in digital and energy infrastructure across Pennsylvania.
• Novartis, a Swiss drugmaker, announced a $23 billion investment to build or expand ten manufacturing facilities across the U.S., which will create 4,000 new jobs.
• Hyundai announced a $21 billion U.S.-based investment — including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana, which will create nearly 1,500 jobs.
  • Hyundai also secured an equity investment and agreement from Posco Holdings, South Korea’s top steel maker.
  • Hyundai later increased its total U.S.-based investment to $26 billion.
• John Deere announced plans to invest $20 billion over the next decade in American expansion, production, and manufacturing.
• United Arab Emirates-based DAMAC Properties announced a $20 billion investment in new U.S.-based data centers.
• France-based CMA CGM, a global shipping giant, announced a $20 billion investment in U.S. shipping and logistics, creating 10,000 new jobs.
• Sanofi announced it will invest at least $20 billion over the next five years in manufacturing and research and development.
• Venture Global LNG announced an $18 billion investment at its liquefied natural gas facility in Louisiana.
• GlobalFoundaries announced a $16 billion investment to boost its U.S.-based chip production, including expanding existing plants in New York and Vermont.
• FirstEnergy Corp. announced a $15 billion investment in infrastructure enhancements.
• Stellantis announced a $13 billion investment in the U.S. — the largest single investment in the company’s history — to expand its U.S.-based production by over 50%.
• Gilead Sciences announced an $11 billion boost to its planned U.S.-based manufacturing investment.
• AbbVie announced a $10 billion investment over the next ten years to support volume growth and add four new manufacturing plants to its network — including a $195 million investment to expand its U.S.-based drug production capacity.
• Merck & Co. announced it will invest a total of $9 billion in the U.S. over the next several years after opening a new $1 billion North Carolina manufacturing facility — including in a new state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing plant in Delaware, which will create at least 500 new jobs.
• PPL announced a $6.8 billion investment to expand grid capacity and modernize transmission.
• CoreWeave, Inc., announced a $6 billion investment in data center expansion.
• Westinghouse announced a $6 billion investment to build ten large nuclear reactors in the U.S.
• Pratt Industries announced a $5 billion investment to create 5,000 new manufacturing jobs in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona.
• South Korea-based Hanwha Group announced a $5 billion infrastructure investment at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard to boost local shipbuilding.
• GlobalWafers, a Taiwanese silicon wafer manufacturer, announced a $4 billion investment in its U.S.-based production.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it will invest an additional $2 billion over the next four years to enhance and expand its U.S. manufacturing operations and strengthen its innovation efforts.
• Clarios announced a $6 billion plan to expand its domestic manufacturing operations.
• Belgium-based drugmaker UCB announced a $5 billion investment in a new U.S.-based factory.
• Ford announced it will invest $5 billion across its Kentucky and Michigan manufacturing plants to deliver a new midsize truck and advanced batteries.
• General Motors announced it will invest $4 billion in U.S.-based manufacturing as it shifts more vehicle production from Mexico to the U.S., including in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee.
• Mitsubishi announced a $3.9 billion investment in energy.
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a leader in biotechnology, announced a $3 billion agreement with Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies to produce drugs at its North Carolina manufacturing facility.
• Kraft Heinz announced a $3 billion investment to upgrade its U.S. factories — its largest investment in its plants in decades.
• GE Appliances announced a $3 billion investment in its U.S.-based manufacturing, onshoring 1,000 jobs and expanding its plants across five states.
• NorthMark Strategies, a multi-strategy investment firm, announced a $2.8 billion investment to build a supercomputing facility in South Carolina.
• Biogen announced a $2 billion investment in North Carolina-based manufacturing.
• Mars, Inc., announced a $2 billion investment in its U.S.-based manufacturing operations.
• Kimberly-Clark announced a $2 billion investment to expand its U.S. manufacturing operations, including a new advanced manufacturing facility in Warren, Ohio, an expansion of its Beech Island, South Carolina, facility, and other upgrades to its supply chain network.
• Chobani, a Greek yogurt giant, announced $1.7 billion to expand its U.S. operations.
  • $1.2 billion to build its third U.S. dairy processing plant in New York, which is expected to create more than 1,000 new full-time jobs.
  • $500 million to expand its Idaho manufacturing plant.
• Corning announced it is expanding its Michigan manufacturing facility investment to $1.5 billion, adding 400 new high-paying advanced manufacturing jobs for a total of 1,500 new jobs.
• First Solar announced the inauguration of its $1.1 billion high-tech manufacturing facility in Louisiana, which projected to directly employ over 800 people.
• Carrier announced an additional $1 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing, innovation, and workforce expansion, which is expected to create 4,000 new jobs.
• GE Aerospace announced a $1 billion investment in manufacturing across 16 states — creating 5,000 new jobs.
• Hikma Pharmaceuticals announced a $1 billion investment to expand its U.S.-based manufacturing and research capabilities.
• Anduril Industries announced a $1 billion investment for a new autonomous weapon system facility in Ohio.
• Live Nation Entertainment announced a $1 billion investment to build 18 new live music venues across the U.S.
• Williams International announced a $1 billion investment for a new high-volume aviation gas turbine engine manufacturing facility in Okaloosa County, Florida.
• Amgen announced a $900 million investment in its Ohio-based manufacturing operation.
• Merck Animal Health announced an $895 million investment to expand their manufacturing operations in Kansas.
• General Motors announced an $888 million investment at its propulsion plant in Tonawanda, New York.
• Schneider Electric announced it will invest $700 million over the next four years in U.S. energy infrastructure.
• GE Vernova announced it will invest nearly $600 million in U.S. manufacturing over the next two years, which will create more than 1,500 new jobs.
• Abbott Laboratories announced a $500 million investment in its Illinois and Texas facilities.
• AIP Management, a European infrastructure investor, announced a $500 million investment to solar developer Silicon Ranch.
• Jabil announced a $500 million investment in manufacturing and AI data center infrastructure across the southeastern U.S.
• Hitachi announced a $457 million investment in a new power transformer facility in Virginia.
• Wistron Corp, a Taiwanese electronics and AI server manufacturer, announced a $455 million
• London-based Diageo announced a $415 million investment in a new Alabama manufacturing facility.
• Lego announced a $366 million investment to build a new distribution center in Prince George County, Virginia.
• The Bel Group announced a $350 million investment to expand its U.S.-based production, including at its South Dakota, Idaho and Wisconsin facilities — which will create 250 new jobs.
• Dublin-based Eaton Corporation announced a $340 million investment in a new South Carolina-based manufacturing facility for its three-phase transformers.
• Anheuser-Busch announced a $300 million investment in its manufacturing facilities across the country.
• Whirlpool Corporation announced a $300 million investment in its U.S. laundry manufacturing facilities.
• Germany-based Siemens announced a $285 million investment in U.S. manufacturing and AI data centers, which will create more than 900 new skilled manufacturing jobs.
• Clasen Quality Chocolate announced a $230 million investment to build a new production facility in Virginia, which will create 250 new jobs.
• Hadrian, a defense manufacturing startup, announced a $200 million investment to build a large-scale manufacturing and software hub in Mesa, Arizona.
• Fiserv, Inc., a financial technology provider, announced a $175 million investment to open a new strategic fintech hub in Kansas, which is expected to create 2,000 new high-paying jobs.
• Paris Baguette announced a $160 million investment to construct a manufacturing plant in Texas.
• Philips announced a $150 million investment in U.S. manufacturing and research facilities.
• Siemens Healthineers announced a $150 million investment to expand production, including relocating manufacturing operations for its Varian company from Mexico to California.
• JBS USA announced a $135 million investment for a new sausage production facility in Perry, Iowa.
• TS Conductor announced a $134 million investment to build an advanced conductor manufacturing facility in South Carolina, which will create nearly 500 new jobs.
• Switzerland-based ABB announced a $120 million investment to expand production of its low-voltage electrification products in Tennessee and Mississippi.
• Saica Group, a Spain-based corrugated packaging maker, announced plans to build a $110 million new manufacturing facility in Anderson, Indiana.
• Hotpack, a Dubai-based maker of food packaging materials and related products, announceda $100 million investment to establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Edison, New Jersey.
• Charms, LLC, a subsidiary of candymaker Tootsie Roll Industries, announced a $97.7 million investment to expand its production plant and distribution center in Tennessee.
• Toyota Motor Corporation announced an $88 million investment to boost hybrid vehicle production at its West Virginia factory, securing employment for the 2,000 workers at the factory.
• Glaukos Corporation, a pharmaceutical drug and medical device company, announced an $82 million investment in Huntsville, Alabama, for manufacturing and research and development, which will bring 154 full-time jobs by 2030.
• China-based Kingsun announced an $80 billion investment to establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
• Rolls-Royce announced a $75 million investment to expand its South Carolina manufacturing facility.
• Hanwha Ocean announced a $70 million investment to expand its Philadelphia shipyard.
• Hitachi Energy announced a $70 million investment in energy infrastructure.
• Century Aluminum announced it will invest $50 million to revive its South Carolina manufacturing plant for the first time in a decade, bringing its production back to 2015 peak levels.
• Canada-based Silver Hills Bakery announced a $48.5 million investment to revive the former Kellogg’s facility in Tennessee.
• AeroVironment, a defense contractor, announced a $42.3 million investment to build a new manufacturing facility in Utah.
• Paris-based Saint-Gobain announced a new $40 million NorPro manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, New York.
• India-based Sygene International announced a $36.5 million acquisition of a Baltimore biologics manufacturing facility.
• Asahi Group Holdings, one of the largest Japanese beverage makers, announced a $35 million investment to boost production at its Wisconsin plant.
• The GE Aerospace Foundation announced a $30 million workforce skills training program to prepare the next generation of its U.S.-based workforce.
• Valbruna Slater Stainless announced a $28 million investment in its stainless steel and nickel alloys bars manufacturing plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• Nortian Foodtech announced a $22.2 million investment in a Missouri manufacturing facility.
• Cyclic Materials, a Canadian advanced recycling company for rare earth elements, announced a $20 million investment in its first U.S.-based commercial facility, located in Mesa, Arizona.
• Guardian Bikes announced a $19 million investment to build the first U.S.-based large-scale bicycle frame manufacturing operation in Indiana.
• Amsterdam-based AMG Critical Minerals announced a $15 million investment to build a chrome manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.
• NOVONIX Limited, an Australia-based battery technology company, announced a $4.6 million investment to build a synthetic graphite manufacturing facility in Tennessee.
• LGM Pharma announced a $6 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Rosenberg, Texas.
• ViDARR, a defense optical equipment manufacturer, announced a $2.69 million investment to open a new facility in Virginia.

That doesn’t even include the U.S. investments pledged by foreign countries:

• United Arab Emirates committed to investing $1.4 trillion in the U.S. over the next decade.
• Qatar committed to generating $1.2 trillion in an economic exchange between the two countries.
• Japan announced a $1 trillion investment in the U.S.
• Saudi Arabia committed investing $600 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.
• South Korea committed to a $450 billion investment in U.S. energy products.
• Bahrain announced $17 billion in U.S. investment.
• Taiwan announced a pledge to boost its U.S.-based investment.

Last updated on September 2, 2025