Posted on 11/10/2018 9:56:11 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Trump threatens to withhold federal payments to California because it's forest management is 'so poor' as the state is ravaged by unrelenting wildfires President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal payments to California over 'gross mismanagement' of its forests as the state is ravaged by three massive wildfires.
In a 2am tweet, Trump wrote: 'There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor.
'Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!'
On Friday evening Trump issued an emergency declaration providing federal funds to help the thousands of firefighters struggling to contain the flames that have already torched more than 200 square miles across the state.
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But those liberals probably lost their homes, and some day they might lose their lives because of their folly.
Remember Gray Davis? He let at least one Kali fire burn until enough destruction was caused to trigger Federal monies.
Jeez. The Woolsey Fire jumped the 101 freeway. Do you really think 10-20 ft of gravel is going to make a difference?
It seems most people have no idea what California wildfires actually are.
What a stupid frickin thing to say at this time. Incredibly tone deaf and ignorant. Yes I know I’m evacuated from my house now. Hopefully it’s still standing. I really can’t believe he was stupid enough to tweet this
You kind of expect poor grammar from American journalists, who are lucky they can get their names right without spellcheck. But you would think the English, with their appreciation of language, would do better than let a journalist write "it's" (contraction for "it is") in place of the genitive (possessive) "its."
That’s the whole point, the brush needs to be cleared.
They have been in the process of REMOVING dams.
Dittos to what you said.I just went thru one up here a bit ago. Everything burned around and up to my home’s established fire perimeter, which is about about 250 feet out, and 360 degrees around the house. (A few beyond brave firefighters stayed up here engulfed in the hell keeping my home soaked and sprayed down was another big reason it didn’t burn also. Those guys are unbelievable!) The fire, caused by a downed power line, moved up here FAST. I was given 1 minute to evacuate and the fire was every where as I drove down. A freakin’ mightmare. I still haven’t got over the sights and sounds of it, let alone what things look like now. I didn’t hear if anything was left for about 4 days and it was 8 days before I was allowed back up here. Hang in there, prayers up for ya dat.
Not my president until the bill comes. Then Daddy!
So glad you got out safe and you still have your house. People say a lot of meaningless platitudes at times like these. It just sucks and is very scary. May God bless you in this trying time
Just wanted to thank you for the prayers. We were able to go home last and the house was just as we left it yay!
Good to hear that! Great news dat!!!!
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