Newsom says Trump has ‘relentless, unhinged’ obsession with California during State of the State address

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, on Tuesday argued that President Donald Trump and his administration have a "relentless, unhinged California obsession."

In a letter to the state legislature, Newsom touted the state’s achievements during the State of the State address on its 175th anniversary of statehood. The governor also posted a clip of himself delivering a shortened version of the address on social media.

Newsom has not delivered a formal State of the State address the last three years, despite decades of tradition of doing just that. He has instead opted for letters and prerecorded videos.

"We are now nine months into a battle to protect the values we hold most dear and to preserve the economic and social foundation we built for California," Newsom wrote. "We are facing a federal administration built on incompetence and malicious ignorance, one that seeks the death...