President Donald Trump responds to Newsom's claim he did not call him

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President Donald Trump hit back at Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims that the president did not recently call him, telling Fox News he spoke to the governor for about 16 minutes on Saturday.

Trump told Fox News Tuesday while traveling to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that Newsom did not pick up his first call over the weekend, but that he picked up the second call and the pair spoke for about 16 minutes on Saturday.

“I told him to, essentially, ‘Get his ass in gear,’ and stop the riots, which were out of control,” Trump said Tuesday. “More than anything else, this shows what a liar he is – said I never called.”

Trump provided a screenshot of the phone call dated June 7 at 1:23 a.m.

White House director of communications Steven Cheung added in comment to Fox Digital Tuesday afternoon: “The President called Gavin Newsom to tell him to get his ass in gear. The Governor has clearly decided to disgustingly side with the violent rioters instead of protecting Californians. The only liar here is Newsom who continues to fail his state as he prioritizes doing interviews with leftist media to gaslight the public instead of helping his state.”

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Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom (AP Newsroom)

Earlier Tuesday, Trump held an event addressing wildfire response and prevention from the Oval Office, where he fielded a handful of questions from the media regarding the ongoing anti-ICE riots in Los Angles, telling a reporter he spoke to Newsome “a day ago.”