After President Donald Trump visited Hurricane Helene-devastated areas in western North Carolina and pledged massive support along with executive orders to address FEMA’s myriad failures, he headed to California to see the wildfire-impacted parts of Los Angeles.
As we reported, Trump and the state’s Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom, have been engaging in a cross-country war of words well before Trump’s inauguration over Newsom’s atrocious handling of the Golden State’s money, manpower, and natural resources.
Trump has, in a nutshell, accused “New-scum” of doing a terrible job, while Newsom went whining to then-President Joe Biden about Trump allegedly spreading “misinformation,” and at other points pretended to be on phone calls with Biden when some residents tried to confront him.
Earlier, we documented how Trump relayed his stance while in North Carolina regarding conditions he’d like to set before more federal aid is approved for California.
“I want to see two things in Los Angeles: Voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote. And I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state. Those are the two things,” Trump, who has had a long-running feud with Newsom over water redirection and forest mismanagement, stated after landing at Asheville Airport in North Carolina.