Why China wants Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom to be US president

Progressives have long branded President Trump as a stooge for Russia. 

Yet the more important story may be who President Xi Jinping of China wants in office.

Unlike Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, Xi has the financial muscle, ties to business elites, and technical skill to promote his agenda.

And California’s Gavin Newsom is likely to be his favorite in 2028. 

Indeed, just after Biden’s poorly-received performance in his June 2024 presidential debate with Trump, the Asia Times, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, and Business Insider all reported that Beijing liked Newsom as the ideal replacement for the doddering president. 

The governor was widely seen in China as “a fresh but also positive and more sober-minded politician in the US.”