Gavin Newsom reveals his timeline for deciding 2028 presidential run

California Gov.Gavin Newsom said he will decide by early January whether to run for president in 2028, revealing his political timetable during a trip to the COP31 international climate conference in Turkey where he delivered criticism of President Trump.“I’ll make the determination at the beginning of the year, so we’ll spend the next few weeks with the family and make a decision early January,” Newsom told Turkey’s Anadolu news agency, calling the midterm elections a “rebuke” of Trump.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Newsom’s remarks elevate yet another international trip in which he praised California’s environmental policies and attacked Trump’s retreat from global climate pacts.The outgoing governor met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss expanding California’s climate partnership with Brazil, and he finalized a new climate agreement with Portugal, according to the governor’s office.The governor and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom also visited a forestry training center to exchange wildfire lessons, and he joined governors and mayors — including Minnesota Gov.

Tim Walz and London Mayor Sadiq Khan — at a gathering convened by U.N.Secretary-General António Guterres.Newsom’s international globetrotting this year has generally been paid for by wealthy benefactors who fund the California State Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit that has paid for Newsom’s travel expenses instead of taxpayer money.Newsom and his wife are currently the focus of federal investigations, and feds reportedly requested information about the Protocol Foundation’s donors and fundraisers in subpoenas.

Investigators were seeking the governor’s international travel and events, and any money used for the governor’s living and...