U.S. Foreign Policy Politics

At a Munich forum where Democratic 2028 hopefuls tested foreign‑policy chops, California Gov. Gavin Newsom used the stage to unveil a U.K. clean‑energy memorandum — which his office says will facilitate nearly $1 billion in new investment — and a separate pact with Ukraine’s Lviv region on defense, energy and digital rebuilding. The White House’s senior deputy press secretary Kush Desai called the U.K. memorandum “inappropriate,” blasted Newsom’s agenda as a “green energy scam” tied to higher energy costs, and defended the U.S. economy’s positive trajectory while Newsom framed the agreements as a contrast to Donald Trump.