Gov. Gavin Newsom told world leaders to “stand up” to President Donald Trump and show “backbone” during the governor’s visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The governor’s office said he plans to speak at the gathering of world political and business leaders and urge them to “stand up” to President Donald Trump, who will also be in attendance.

Gavin Newsom couldn’t pass up the opportunity to troll the president’s latest Trumpification of the White House. In response to a photo on X of the latest tacky update to President Donald Trump’s White House—a cursive script sign above the Rose Garden—the California governor shared his own edited version: rebranding it as “The Pedo Garden.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is making the roughly 6,000-mile journey this week from the Hollywood Hills to the Swiss Alps to rip into President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is going to Davos next week with plans to call out Trump and "complicit" CEOs.

The annual meeting of The World Economic Forum attracts corporate executives, academics, philanthropists and media to the Swiss Alps town of Davos for dialogue, debate and deal-making.

On an official visit to California, the Foreign Affairs Minister met with Mr Newsom, the state’s mayor. The Democratic politician is a long-time rival of Mr Trump, and in a recent statement issued by his office called the US President “a deranged, habitual liar whose relationship with reality ended years ago.”