President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Los Angeles on Tuesday and Las Vegas on Wednesday as part of a two-day West Coast trip to highlight his administration’s economic policies ahead of the November midterm elections, a White House official confirmed.
The president will attend a Republican National Committee dinner at Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles, where he is expected to emphasize his economic achievements and contrast them with policies of Democratic leaders, including California Governor Gavin Newsom. A White House spokesperson stated that Trump will draw a distinction between his agenda and what the administration describes as Newsom’s tax increases, fraud in taxpayer-funded programs, and immigration policies.
Trump’s visit follows recent criticism from Newsom, who has highlighted California’s minimum wage increase to $17.40 per hour in 2025 as a contrast to Republican opposition to raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour. Newsom also shared data on rising prices for staple goods, such as rice, cotton, and wheat, in a social media post referencing Trump’s economic record.
The White House framed the trip as an opportunity to tout what it described as the largest middle-class tax cut in history, the most secure border in American history, and a declining crime rate. However, Newsom has not publicly commented on Trump’s visit to California.
The president’s trip comes amid ongoing disputes between the Trump administration and Newsom’s office, including a legal standoff over a $4 billion federal funding clawback for California’s high-speed rail project and a separate battle over the Sable Offshore Corp. oil pipeline. Newsom has previously called the federal actions politically motivated, and the state dropped a lawsuit challenging the rail funding clawback late last year.
Trump’s last visit to California occurred in 2020, when he toured wildfire damage in Los Angeles and signed an executive order to expedite recovery efforts in areas such as Pacific Palisades. During that visit, Trump and Newsom were photographed shaking hands while coordinating federal disaster relief, though their relationship has since deteriorated over policy disagreements.