Trump To Visit Los Angeles County Wildfire Areas
President Donald Trump, who has harshly criticized California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom in the wake of the savage fires that engulfed Los Angeles County, will visit the city himself on Friday.
Newsom invited Trump to California after the Palisades and Eaton fires had erupted.
Asked by Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday night whether he would meet Newsom during his visit, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The Daily Wire previously reported:
President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly warned California Governor Gavin Newsom about needing to do a better job of managing the state’s resources to prevent massive wildfires from erupting. …
“The Governor of California, @GavinNewsom, has done a terrible job of forest management,” Trump wrote in November 2019. “I told him from … the first day we met that he must ‘clean’ his forest floors regardless of what his bosses, the environmentalists, DEMAND of him. Must also do burns and cut fire stoppers. … Every year, as the fire’s rage & California burns, it is the same thing-and then he comes to the Federal Government for $$$ help. No more. Get your act together Governor. You don’t see close to the level of burn in other states …
..Every year, as the fire’s rage & California burns, it is the same thing-and then he comes to the Federal Government for $$$ help. No more. Get your act together Governor. You don’t see close to the level of burn in other states…But our teams are working well together in…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2019
Trump’s 2019 comments followed two massive fires in California, the Walker Fire in Plumas County, which started in early September 2019 and consumed almost 55,000 acres, and the Kincade Fire, which started in Sonoma County on October 23, 2019, and consumed almost 78,000 acres. In 2019 alone, 34 wildfires that burned at least 1,000 acres reputed in California.
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This year, on January 8, Trump called on Newsom to resign.
“One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “It’s ashes, and Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!”
The next morning, Trump reiterated, “Fire is spreading rapidly for 3 days — ZERO CONTAINMENT. Nobody has ever seen such failed numbers before! Gross incompetence by Gavin Newscum and Karen Bass….And Biden’s FEMA has no money — all wasted on the Green New Scam! L.A. is a total wipeout!!!”
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
Related: Trump Repeatedly Warned Gavin Newsom To Get State Prepared For Destructive Fires