President Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom have traded sharp insults in recent days as California awaits billions of dollars in federal wildfire relief.

California Republicans have found ways to convince Trump he’s helping the state rather than Newsom before, one expert said.

There appeared to be a cooling-off period between the two during the January wildfires, with Newsom greeting Trump on the tarmac when the president arrived in Southern California to tour the Palisades area and Trump temporarily refraining from referring to the governor as “Newscum,” a moniker he has resumed using as of late.