Donald Trump has banned California Governor Gavin Newsom from entering the USA House in Davos. This decision follows Newsom’s criticism of Trump’s ‘boring’ speech about Greenland at the World Economic Forum.

Newsom claimed that the White House exerted pressure to prevent his entry into America’s official headquarters at the forum after he publicly disparaged Trump’s keynote address. Newsom had swiftly exited Trump’s speech, describing it to reporters as ‘remarkably insignificant’ and ridiculing the president for retreating from his Greenland ambitions.

In response, the White House took to X, criticizing Newsom with a pointed remark, stating that the governor had been relegated to ‘the corner cuck chair.’ This term refers to a controversial genre of pornography where a cuckold observes their partner engaging with someone else.

Despite the controversy, Newsom was expected to participate in a panel discussion hosted by Fortune Magazine at USA House, highlighting the political tension surrounding his exclusion from the venue.

Newsom was reportedly scheduled to speak at USA House with a panel hosted by Fortune Magazine.

‘How weak and pathetic do you have to be to be this scared of a fireside chat?’ Newsom wrote on X after he was denied entry. 

Trump earlier declared himself NATO’s ‘daddy’ during his speech as he shouted out Newsom, calling him a ‘good guy’ who he ‘used to get along great with.’ 

But there was no love lost as Newsom, who is sizing up a presidential run in 2028, told reporters afterwards: ‘It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going to invade Greenland. It was never real.’ 

Gavin Newsom was kicked out the official USA clubhouse in Davos after mocking Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum

Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, talks to the media after the speech of President Donald Trump during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

The White House taunted the California governor by claiming he was watching Trump’s Davos speech from his ‘cuck chair’

The White House’s official Rapid Response account on X also took a shot back at Newsom by mocking him for watching the president’s speech.

‘The failing Governor of California (rampant with fraud) watches from the corner cuck chair as @POTUS delivers a true masterclass in Davos,’ the rapid response account wrote on X alongside a picture of Newsom at Trump’s speech. ‘Embarrassing!’

Nonetheless, Trump’s Greenland remarks reignited the popular moniker attached to deployed by detractors when the president backs away from his biggest threats: TACO. 

‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ was coined by Wall Street traders last May after the president repeatedly flip flopped on tariffs.

This week, it was a frenzy of Japanese stock market traders posting ‘TACO’ celebrations on X following Trump’s de-escalation. 

Traders anticipated Trump would live up to his TACO nickname long before the opening bell in New York as investors in Tokyo posted gleeful memes. 

‘Japan stocks and US stocks both going up!! So glad I believed in Trump-san’s TACO,’ wrote one Japanese trader using the honorific Trump-san, a polite and respectful form of address for the president.

Wall Street Investors and financial experts also forecasted on Tuesday night that Trump would have a ‘TACO’ moment ahead of his Davos speech.

The president claimed the US would still take control of Greenland but would not use military force

The TACO term stands for ‘Trump Always Chickens Out.’ Japanese traders celebrated on social media by posting TACO memes after markets begun soaring following Trump’s speech

‘The [market] decline is small, given the gravity of the situation,’ said Stephen Dover, chief market strategist at Franklin Templeton.

‘What that implies to me is that most investors are thinking TACO.’

Trump, a former New York real estate tycoon with a keen eye on Wall Street, closely tracks the markets and is likely aware stocks tumbled amid the Greenland controversy.

Shares later rebounded after the president pledged not to use force.

Despite vowing to not use force, Trump still doubled-down at the speech on his pledge to take control of the Danish territory.

The president claimed Greenland would be used to build the infrastructure for a ‘Golden Dome’ defense system that would protect the Western Hemisphere from ballistic missiles.

The president over the weekend imposed tariffs on eight European nations over their support for Greenland. The tariffs will start at 10 percent next month and rise again to 25 percent in June, remaining in place until a deal is reached.