Well, well, well. Isn’t it just delicious when the façade starts to crack — and not from the usual suspects, but from within the house of mirrors itself?
Let’s set the scene: the ever-so-smug New York Times tries to throw another dart at President Trump — this time with their bizarre “fatigue” narrative, as if he’s been napping through Cabinet meetings and zoning out mid-sentence. Spoiler alert: that’s someone else. But instead of the usual polite, behind-the-scenes eye-roll we’ve come to expect from Republicans, this time it was President Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who took the stage at the New York Times’ own DealBook Summit — and he didn’t hold back.
Bessent went full scorched-earth on the media elites right in their own house, calling them out for ignoring the most obvious storyline in modern politics: the glaring, increasingly impossible-to-ignore cognitive struggles of Joe Biden. You know, the guy who held one Cabinet meeting in all of 2024, while Trump — in his second term — is over here running full-throttle with nine Cabinet meetings already, some stretching over three hours. Sounds like Trump fatigue is more about them being exhausted by having to cover actual governance, not him slowing down.
But if you thought that was the only popcorn-worthy moment of the night, hold onto your overpriced lattes — because out of left field came Halle Berry, delivering a smackdown that left Gavin Newsom looking like he’d just been hit by a freight train of California truth.
Yes, that Halle Berry. An Oscar-winning Hollywood darling. Not exactly known for her political commentary, and certainly not one of those conservative firebrands. Which is exactly what made it so brutally effective.
With zero filter and even fewer cares to give — in her own words, “zero f—- left to give” — Berry torched Governor Hair Gel over his second veto of a menopause care bill, AB 432. A bill aimed at providing women with better healthcare resources and training for providers. You’d think someone constantly posing as the poster child for progressivism would be all over that. But no — Newsom allegedly vetoed it twice. That’s not just bad optics, that’s flat-out political malpractice.
And Berry didn’t just drop a line and exit stage left. No, she laid it all out, loud and clear: Newsom has overlooked women, devalued them in midlife, and in doing so, effectively disqualified himself from any legitimate run at the presidency. You could practically hear the gasps echo through the elite-filled ballroom.
WOW: Actress Halle Berry STUNNED the crowd at Wednesday’s New York Times DealBook Summit by NUKING California Governor Gavin Newsom.
“Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row. But… pic.twitter.com/Y3vC1oJhlT
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) December 4, 2025
But wait — it gets better. Berry’s mic drop came right before Newsom took the stage. And when he did, let’s just say his posture wasn’t exactly screaming “future commander-in-chief.” Twitter (sorry — X) exploded with screenshots and snark over how he sat, with more than a few users describing it as… emasculated. Now, maybe that’s unfair. Or maybe, just maybe, that’s what happens when you spend more time preening for MSNBC than solving your state’s out-of-control problems.
Let’s take stock: Newsom is allegedly letting fires burn in Palisades, failing to curb illegal immigration, and overseeing a homelessness crisis that’s spiraled into a humanitarian disaster — but sure, let’s worry about the lighting at his next photo op. There are dozens of reasons Gavin Newsom shouldn’t be promoted to a higher office, and Berry just added a very public one to the pile.
And for the folks in the back who still think this guy is presidential material? Let me put it this way: You don’t promote the guy who can’t handle his current job. You fire him. Or, at the very least, you don’t hand him the nuclear codes because he vetoed a menopause bill twice and can’t sit through an interview without looking like he forgot where he was.
After Halle Berry publicly wrecked Gavin Newsom by stating he doesn’t value women and “probably shouldn’t be the next president,” Gavin Newsom says he’s reached out to her manager because “we have the ability to reconcile that, so we’re reconciling,” and he plans to include a… pic.twitter.com/d30kym6V7U
— Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) December 5, 2025
So if you’re wondering what 2025 is going to look like for the Democrats — well, you’ve got their media team getting wrecked at their own summit, a Hollywood star turning on one of their golden boys, and their backup presidential contender getting publicly pantsed before his name even makes it to the primary ballot.
Popcorn, anyone?
