President Trump sounded off on California Gov. Gavin Newsom after multiple fires ripped through Southern California.

“Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,” Trump said on Truth Social.

“He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this. On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes. A true disaster!” he added.

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The fast-moving fire erupted in Pacific Palisades, burning approximately 3,000 acres by Tuesday evening.

“California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as the Palisades Fire threatens more than 13,000 structures and displaces approximately 30,000 people, prompting expanded evacuations across Los Angeles County,” Rawsalerts wrote.

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President Trump previously warned Newsom that terrible forest management could cause the scenario currently unfolding near Los Angeles.

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Daily Mail reports:

President-elect Donald Trump had previously warned California Governor Gavin Newsom that he needed to manage the state’s forests better to prevent fires.

In a visit to The Golden State in November of 2018, the then president and newly elected governor both met following the devastating Camp Fire.

Speaking during their visit to Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park in Paradise, California, Trump warned ‘you’ve got to take care of the floors’.

Footage of their exchange has resurfaced online amid calls for Newsom to stand down as wildfires ravage parts of Los Angeles, amid complains about fire hydrants not having water and power lines not being shut off.

In the 2018 clip, he says: ‘Get all of this cleaned out and protected. You’ve gotta take care of the floors. The floors of the forest.

‘You look at other countries where they do it differently and its a whole different story. I was with the president of Finland and they spend a lot of time raking and cleaning.’

In 2021 Newsom signed a bill directing over $15 billion to combat wildfires, drought and other climate challenges facing California.

That climate package dedicated nearly $1 billion exclusively to help prevent wildfires, after the two most destructive on record happened within one year of each other.

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In addition to the Pacific Palisades inferno, fires also devastated Altadena, Pasadena, and Sylmar.

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From the Los Angeles Times:

More than a thousand homes, businesses and other buildings have burned and at least two people are dead in wildfires scorching communities across Los Angeles County, making this one of the most destructive firestorms to hit the region in memory.

In Pacific Palisades, the Palisades fire had charred more than 5,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, burning down to Pacific Coast Highway where it engulfed homes along the iconic stretch. About 1,000 structures, including many homes, have been destroyed in the fire, L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said during a news conference Wednesday morning.

Marrone said that while there have been no fatalities in the Palisades fire, officials have seen “a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate in addition to first responders who were on the fire line.”

The Eaton fire, which broke out Tuesday evening, had burned more than 10,000 acres near Altadena and Pasadena, whipped by gusts of up to 99 mph in the area, according to the Angeles National Forest. Two people have died in the Eaton fire and several others have been seriously injured. More than 100 structures have been destroyed, Marrone said.

The Hurst fire, which spread quickly during high winds overnight in Sylmar, had burned more than 500 acres. The cause of the fires is under investigation.

“We woke up to a dark cloud over all of Los Angeles, but it is darkest for those who are most intimately impacted by these fires,” said L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. “It is difficult to process the immensity of the destruction and loss, and we extend our hearts and every resource we have to all of our impacted residents.”

 

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