Trump taunts Gavin Newsom’s dyslexia, calling him ‘low IQ’
By Annie Gaus
Published on March 17, 2026.
Donald Trump has ridiculed Gavin Newsom's dyslexia, calling him unfit to be president due to his "learning disability" and "low IQ". The comments were made during a meeting with reporters in the Oval Office. In response, Newsom responded by mocking Trump for mistakenly referring to him as the "president of the United States". The California governor has publicly discussed his dyslexic diagnosis and has written about his struggles with the condition in his memoir, "Young Man in a Hurry". The neurodevelopmental condition can affect reading and spelling, but also allows him to easily memorize facts and figures.
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