Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom are complicated combatants [Video]

One is the quintessential New Yorker, the other, the archetypical Californian.

One has yanked the Republicans rightward, the other is the personification of the leftward lurch of the Democrats.

One was criticized for insensitivity after tossing paper towels to hurricane victims at a Puerto Rico relief centre, the other was pilloried for poor judgment for dining indoors at the swanky French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley in defiance of his own COVID restrictions.

To make this personal: One of them has hair the colour of Kraft French Salad Dressing, the other possesses hair that resembles salt and pepper spilling out of a Peppermill Tremblay dispenser. And one of them almost was the father-in-law of the television news personality Kimberly Guilfoyle, for a time engaged to Donald Trump Jr. The other is the ex-husband of Kimberly Guilfoyle, whom he divorced in 2006.

President Donald Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom of California− entangled in a battle …