Gavin Newsom Trolls Trump With ‘PATRIOT’ Merch Shop – Where $100 Signed Bibles Are ‘Sold Out’

California governor Gavin Newsom escalated his trolling campaign against President Donald Trump by launching a tongue-in-cheek “Patriot” merchandise store, complete with mock listings of $100 “Holy Bibles” – signed by him – which he joked had sold out within hours.

Newsom has spent weeks parodying the president’s signature online persona and writing style. On Sunday, in a further trolling move, he announced he’d launched his new shop:

“THE PATRIOT SHOP IS NOW OPEN!!!!” Newsom declared on Sunday via X. “MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS IS THE GREATEST MERCHANDISE EVER MADE. PLEASE ENJOY, AMERICA!”

The store offers MAGA-red hats that read “Newsom was right about everything!”, a “Trump is not hot” tank top (riffing on the president’s snipe at Taylor Swift), and a T-shirt naming the Democratic governor “The Chosen One” in a direct riff on Trump’s own 2019 declaration.

Within three hours of going live, Newsom boasted of “WOW! $50,000 IN PURCHASES ALREADY!! THANK YOU PATRIOTS!!!”

He followed with a further post jibing that his signed Bibles, which were never really for sale, were “sold out” in a hit at Trump’s hand-signed version:

Newsom proposed legislation to redraw California’s congressional maps, a move that could net Democrats five new seats. His office promoted the plan with an all-caps press release mirroring Trump: “THESE ARE ‘PERFECT, BEAUTIFUL’ MAPS. BETTER THAN COLUMBUS, BETTER THAN GOOGLE MAPS, BETTER THAN APPLE MAPS (SORRY TIM, NO GOLD BAR FOR ME, BUT I STILL LOVE YOU!).”

The measure comes amid a Republican push in Texas, where the president has urged Republicans to deliver his party five additional seats in the 2026 midterms with a district redraw.