11/10/2018

CALIFORNIA/ENVIRONMENT/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Saturday [11-10-18] blamed ‘mismanagement’ of California’s forests for ongoing deadly wildfires, threatening to withhold federal payments after 25 people died in two separate blazes and evacuation orders were issued for some 250,000 state residents…Trump earlier issued an emergency declaration providing federal funds to help firefighters. Trump has previously criticized management of California’s forests, blaming the spread of wildfires and widespread drought on the state’s water policy. Trump in August said California’s ‘bad environmental laws’ are a cause of wildfires. Experts have disputed those claims…Trump later struck a more conciliatory tone, tweeting: ‘More than 4,000 are fighting the Camp and Woolsey Fires in California that have burned over 170,000 acres. Our hearts are with those fighting the fires, the 52,000 who have evacuated, and the families of the 11 who have died. The destruction is catastrophic. God Bless them all…'”

Politico Staff, “Trump blames California forest policies for deadly wildfires,” Politico, November 10, 2018 5:47 pm