Axl Rose rips President Trump’s take on California wildfires

Nov. 11--Axl Rose has run out of patience for President Trump.

The Guns N' Roses frontman took exception to Trump's suggestion that the fires raging around Los Angeles -- where Rose rose to fame as an '80s rock god -- are the result of poor forest management.

The President tweeted from Paris Saturday, "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!"

Rose, whose band played Sunday in the Philippines, fired back at Trump on Twitter.

"Um...actually...it's a lack of federal funding that's at the 'root' of the purported forest mismanagement. Only a demented n' truly pathetic individual would twist that around n' use a tragedy to once again misrepresent facts for attempted public/political gain at other's expense," the 56-year-old singer wrote.

This isn't the first time Rose has taken issue with Trump. Days before last week's midterm elections, Rose tweeted that he'd formally asked the President to refrain from using Guns N' Roses songs at political rallies.

"Just so ya know... GNR like a lot of artists opposed to the unauthorized use of their music at political events has formally requested r music not b used at Trump rallies or Trump associated events."

It seems the request was not respected.

"Unfortunately the Trump campaign is using loopholes in the various venues' blanket performance licenses which were not intended for such craven political purposes, without the songwriters' consent," Rose wrote in a followup tweet. 'Can u say "sh--bags?!"'

Fellow metalheads Tommy Lee from Motley Crue and Sebastian Rock of the band Skid Row also shouted out their protests to No. 45's reaction to the fires, which have killed 25 people and singed 83,000 acres of land.

"Can you be any more insensitive you f---ing moron?" Lee tweeted.

Bach called the President the "most USELESS human being to ever walk the Planet Earth" on Twitter.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young sang a similar tune.

"California is vulnerable -- not because of poor forest management as DT (our so-called president) would have us think. As a matter of fact this is not a forest fire that rages on as I write this," the "Rockin' in the Free World" singer wrote on his website. "It really is time for a reckoning with this unfit leader. Maybe our new Congress can help. I sure hope so."

The musicians were in harmony with fire officials who also threw water on Trump's claims, which were unsupported by facts.

"Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong," the Pasadena Fire Department tweeted diplomatically. "The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Come to SoCal and learn the facts & help the victims."

Trump also threatened to withdraw federal funding to forest management officials if they didn't "remedy" the problem.

* Donald Trump

* Axl Rose

* Neil Young

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