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From the Daily Mail: President-elect Donald Trump had previously warned California Governor Gavin Newsom that he needed to manage the state’s forests better to prevent fires.
In a visit to The Golden State in November of 2018, the then president and newly elected governor both met following the devastating Camp Fire.
Speaking during their visit to Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park in Paradise, California, Trump warned ‘you’ve got to take care of the floors’.
Footage of their exchange has resurfaced online amid calls for Newsom to stand down as wildfires ravage parts of Los Angeles, amid complains about fire hydrants not having water and power lines not being shut off.
In the video that is now recirculating on social media, Trump is standing with Newsom amid the rubble of a burned RV park in Paradise, California.
“Get all of this cleaned out and protected. You’ve gotta take care of the floors. The floors of the forest,” Trump says, adding, “You look at other countries where they do it differently and it’s a whole different story. I was with the president of Finland and they spend a lot of time raking and cleaning.”
FLASHBACK: Trump stood next to Gavin Newsom and stressed the importance of proper forest management after wildfires swept through California in 2018 pic.twitter.com/tE7ds4mxij
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 8, 2025
On November 3, 2019, Trump had posted the following statement on Twitter, slamming Newsom for not correctly managing the forest:
The Governor of California, @GavinNewsom, has done a terrible job of forest management. I told him from the first day we met that he must “clean” his forest floors regardless of what his bosses, the environmentalists, DEMAND of him. Must also do burns and cut fire stoppers…..
The Governor of California, @GavinNewsom, has done a terrible job of forest management. I told him from the first day we met that he must “clean” his forest floors regardless of what his bosses, the environmentalists, DEMAND of him. Must also do burns and cut fire stoppers…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2019
Every year, as the fire’s rage & California burns, it is the same thing-and then he comes to the Federal Government for $$$ help. No more. Get your act together Governor. You don’t see close to the level of burn in other states…But our teams are working well together in…..
….putting these massive, and many, fires out. Great firefighters! Also, open up the ridiculously closed water lanes coming down from the North. Don’t pour it out into the Pacific Ocean. Should be done immediately. California desperately needs water, and you can have it now!
….putting these massive, and many, fires out. Great firefighters! Also, open up the ridiculously closed water lanes coming down from the North. Don’t pour it out into the Pacific Ocean. Should be done immediately. California desperately needs water, and you can have it now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2019
Journalist Collin Rugg shared a video clip of Trump on the Joe Rogan podcast, as he explained California now has no water, and said they have re-routed it to go into the Pacific ocean.
Watch the fascinating conversation below:
Donald Trump was mocked for sounding the alarm on the California water/fire crisis during his interview with Joe Rogan.
Turns out, he was right.
Trump spent nearly 7 minutes ranting about the issue, blasting Newsom for doing nothing to fix the problem.
Trump specifically… pic.twitter.com/zSls82byPo
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 8, 2025
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