Trump blames wildfires on California’s bad management. He’s missing the ‘big picture,’ say state firefighters
Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Trump lashed out at
"Old trees are sitting there, rotting and drying," he said, according to a report on The Hill. "And instead of cleaning it up, they don't touch them, they leave them. And we end up with these massive fires that we're paying hundreds of billions of dollars for to fix, and the destruction is incredible."
State officials, however, said Trump is overlooking
The agency also persuaded lawmakers to add another
It was the second time this year that Trump has blasted
It wasn't immediately clear which funds Trump was threatening to withhold. McLean said the state often gets reimbursed by the feds for up to 75 percent of the cost of fighting major fires, although he didn't know how much the state expects to receive this year.
The president in early August also issued a "major disaster declaration" for
Trump's comments revived an ongoing controversy about forest management. During a trip to Redding in August, shortly after the deadly
In addition, experts note that the federal government -- not the state -- owns much of the forested lands in
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