President-elect Donald Trump, who has long blamed Democratic leaders in the Golden State for their forest management and handling of wildfires, has received multiple invitations from elected officials in recent days to tour the wildfire zones in Southern California. If and when he will come is another matter.
Jimmy Kimmel brands Trump ‘disgusting’ for ‘unsurprising’ response to California fires - Kimmel hit out at the ‘vile and irresponsible things’ Trump said during LA’s ‘darkest and most terrifying hour’
The California governor invited Trump to the fire-ravaged state in a post on Friday afternoon amid intense backlash.
Donald Trump responded to the Los Angeles wildfires by attacking California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state's water policies.
President-elect Donald Trump is directly blaming California’s governor for the unprecedented wildfires that have burned some of Los Angeles’ ritziest neighborhoods. The Republican ripped Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom as four infernos, including the Palisades Fire, raged in Los Angeles County and killed at least two people.
In their haste to politicize one of the worst natural disasters in California history, Donald Trump and many allies don't bother offering hopes and prayers. Their callous response is unprecedented.
At least 20 people have been arrested after looting evacuated homes in Los Angeles, including two people who posed as firefighters, a police captain has said. “Looting is an issue, the number of arrests is continuously growing,” Captain Mike Lorenz of the Los Angeles Police Department told a community meeting in the Palisades yesterday evening.
“ Unprecedented’’ wildfires are spreading in the Los Angeles area, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate. Donald Trump has his sights set on Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal. And visitors at a Utah ski resort are caught off guard by a workers strike.
The Eaton Fire was 73% contained, with firefighters continuing to extinguish hot spots in steep, inaccessible canyons near Winters Creek, Mt. Lowe, and Mt. Wilson aided by water-dropping helicopters.
The state’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom invited Trump last week, but the president-elect told NBC News that he felt it was “better if I went as president.”
Donald Trump told NBC News that he will likely travel to California next week after his inauguration to view the devastation caused by the wildfires.