{"id":3444159,"date":"2026-01-21T12:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=3444159"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:01:50","slug":"newsom-flamed-by-treasury-secretary-for-taking-aim-at-trump-admin-patrick-bateman-meets-sparkle-beach-ken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2026\/01\/newsom-flamed-by-treasury-secretary-for-taking-aim-at-trump-admin-patrick-bateman-meets-sparkle-beach-ken\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom flamed by Treasury Secretary for taking aim at Trump admin: \u2018Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ripped California Gov. Gavin Newsom for his comments calling the Trump official \u00ab\u00a0smug.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent ripped California Gov. Gavin Newsom for his comments calling the Trump official \u201csmug.\u201d
On Tuesday, Bessent spoke on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he said some parents may be buying \u201cfive, 10, 12 homes\u201d for retirement. Newsom took to X to reshare a clip of the remarks, writing: \u201cCould this smug man be more out of touch?\u201d
In response, Bessent snapped back, calling the governor \u201ctoo smug, too self-absorbed and too economically illiterate.\u201d
\u201cGovernor Newsom, who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken, may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris,\u201d Bessent told a Fox reporter in Davos.
\u201cHe\u2019s here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros, and Davos is a perfect place for a man who, when everyone else was on lockdown, was having people arrested for going to church.\u201d<\/p>\n