Nicki Minaj Goes After Gavin Newsom Again in New Interview, Says He Is ‘Missing the Plot’ [WATCH]

Rapper Nicki Minaj escalated her public criticism of California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week, accusing the Democrat of being overly focused on President Donald Trump while failing to address what she described as serious issues affecting children and families, as reported by Fox News.

Minaj made the remarks during an appearance on a podcast hosted by Katie Miller, where she criticized Newsom’s recent social media activity and questioned his political ambitions.

The artist suggested that the governor’s online presence appears aimed at mimicking Trump’s blunt style rather than offering substantive leadership.

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“With Newscum, it’s the fact that with everything you said, but then having the audacity to be playing on Twitter, obsessed with Trump, trying to be Trump, trying to be funny when it’s not, and then wanting to roll around in the mud with female rappers or whomever and completely missing the plot,” Minaj said.

Much of Minaj’s criticism has focused on Newsom’s support for policies related to transgender children.

In a social media post late last year, she wrote, “Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that. Normal adults wake up & think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids. Not Gav. The Gav Nots. GavOUT. Send in the next guy, I’m bored.”

During the interview, Minaj suggested that Newsom would be better served by abandoning any attempt to position himself as a rival to Trump.

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“But President Trump is already the president, get it?” she said, directing her remarks at the governor.

“He’s already done it twice. He’s won. Good. OK. Meanwhile, you are embarking on what — a journey that will end up being a big, huge failure for him.”

The “Tukoh Taka” singer also criticized what she described as Newsom’s sense of humor and online engagement, saying he does not understand how his posts are perceived outside his inner circle.

She said the governor does not “seem to grasp the fact that these jokes that you’re making are only funny to your assistant, you know, the weirdo little guy that calls Black women stupid h— and stuff.”

That remark referenced a previous exchange between Minaj and Newsom’s staff.

Last year, one of the governor’s assistants responded to Minaj’s social media criticism by posting an image of a Nicki Minaj T-shirt in the trash with the caption “Stupid H–,” a reference to her 2012 song of the same name.

Minaj also took aim at Newsom’s international remarks, saying “no one cares” about his online rhetoric and accusing him of damaging his credibility by criticizing the United States abroad.

She pointed to his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, where Newsom claimed that “freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech” were under attack under the Trump administration.

“They’re censoring historical facts, they’re rewriting history,” Newsom said at the event, also alleging that the administration canceled a previous speaking engagement.

Minaj said she previously sought help from Newsom’s office regarding what she described as swatting calls tied to an online smear campaign.

“And he completely ignored it, right?” she said. “And next thing you know, he’s on there flapping his gums about female rap stuff and trying to get in women’s business. So I had to. I had to show him who’s boss on Twitter.”

Newsom has largely avoided engaging with Minaj’s criticism.

His only direct response came in December, when he posted a mashup of videos and images of Trump, including footage involving Jeffrey Epstein, set to a diss track by Meghan Thee Stallion.

A spokesperson for the governor responded to Minaj’s latest comments by telling Fox News Digital, “We wish Mrs. Minaj-Petty, her husband, and his parole officer well.”

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