Posted on 01/24/2025 9:20:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
After a tour of areas damaged by the California wildfires, the president sparred with local leaders and blamed them for a wide variety of issues affecting the disaster response.
President Trump repeated falsehoods about California’s firefighting efforts on Friday and blamed Democratic officials for a wide variety of issues affecting the response to wildfires as he toured areas of Los Angeles damaged by the disaster.
In a meeting with state leaders in Pacific Palisades, a community that was heavily damaged by fire, Mr. Trump opened his remarks in a local firehouse with praise of the firefighters he met during the tour. Your fire department was so beautiful” and “in perfect physical shape,” he said.
The commendations quickly turned to attacks against state officials. Mr. Trump blamed the local bureaucracy, Democratic politicians, and a small species of protected fish known as the delta smelt for water supply issues that made it harder for firefighters to get the blazes under control. Water experts in California have said that many of those claims are wrong, and that problems fighting fires, which have raged for weeks, had other causes.
“They talk about the delta smelt, which is a fish that’s this big,” Mr. Trump said at the meeting with state officials, showing a space between his thumb and index finger. “It really doesn’t have to be protected because it’s in other areas,” he said. “The people of California have to be protected.”
Mr. Trump sparred with Democratic officials throughout the meeting, to raucous applause from local Republicans in attendance. He accused Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles and other local officials of slowing down the rebuilding effort with permitting issues and other red tape.
At one point, Ms. Bass said that reconstruction could not begin immediately because more cleanup...
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“repeated falsehoods?”
There are no words to describe the illegal negligence of Newscum and Bass.
Yes, yes, the NYT is doing its best but it’s been dealt a losing hand.
He was warmly welcomed by the firefighters.
Unlike all other natural disasters, wild fires are can be prevented or mitigated by human action. Those logical rational preventative action have not been done in CA for about 30 years or more.
Nothing Democratic about them.
Democracy dies with Democrats.
You should all watch that meeting today it was pure brilliance trump schooled them all it was masterful
Is this it?
Forget the New York Slimes. Just watch this with Trump and Bass.
6 minutes.
And read the comments.
Trump calls out LA Mayor over when evacuated residents should be allowed back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDl0hyW1kUE
This meeting is kryptonite to Democrats they must not let people watch for themselves. Everybody was applauding by the time president Trump was done. It was awesome
They chanted USA! USA! when he walked into the firehouse meeting.
Basshole acted like a four year old looking for approval.
Smokey the Bear, “only you can prevent forest fires.”
Smokey the BEAR
Who reads this bloody rag?
Wow I have not thought of that one for years. Good one!
THERE WILL BE A HUGE BATTLE OVER WHERE THE FIRE DEBRIS CAN BE DUMPED
One can’t hate the media enough.
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