Trump threatens to cut federal aid for California wildfires, calls Gov. Gavin Newsom ‘child’
In a new tweetstorm and comments to reporters Sunday, Trump blasted
"Every year, as the fire's rage &
"You've got fires eating away at
"You don't believe in climate change. You are excused from this conversation." Newsom said in a curt reply tweet Sunday.
"We're successfully waging war against thousands of fires started across the state in the last few weeks due to extreme weather created by climate change while Trump is conducting a full on assault against the antidotes," Newsom said in a follow-up statement.
The president made a similar threat last year just two days after the deadly
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in
The threat led to a strong rebuke by professional firefighters.
The president of California Professional Firefighters, meanwhile, said Trump's threat was "dead wrong" and "demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and women on the front lines."
"Nearly 60 percent of
So far this year, wildfires have burned more than 198,000 acres in
The massive Kincade Fire in
The Maria Fire that touched off
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