Donald Trump Rages at Gavin Newsom Over California Fires

[groundloop]

Source: Newsweek

[snip]

Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday: "Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way."

He further claimed that Newsom prioritized protecting the Delta smelt, a small fish species, over the needs of Californians. "Now the ultimate price is being paid," Trump added.

In response, Izzy Gardon, Director of Communications for Governor Gavin Newsom, told Newsweek: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction. The Governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics, and making sure firefighters have all the resources they need".

At the core of Trump's recent criticism is the ongoing debate over California's water policies, specifically those impacting the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Trump has long claimed that water needed for fire prevention has been diverted to protect the delta smelt, an issue that has sparked controversy for years.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/pacific-palisades-fire-donald-trump-gavin-newsom-california-2011882

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To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."

[Peregrine Took]

1. Perfect opportunity to come back at him twicefold. Don't hold back! n/t

[groundloop]

4. I'm sure our mainstream media will be fact checking momentarily

[IcyPeas]

2. I pity us for the next 4 years. He'd let us burn.

[Basso8vb]

5. He let California burn in his first term.

The fuckstick told us we weren't "raking the forests."

[hay rick]

3. Blamer in chief.

[DBoon]

6. Fire prevention?

We were supposed to divert water to keep the Malibu hills green and lush? Trump complains about an endangered fish, what about using huge amounts of water to irrigate thousands of acres of chaparral?

[Hugin]

7. To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."

To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."
To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."
To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."
To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."
To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."
To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."

But, you will never hear this on the MSM.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. tRump gaslighting again. . . . .nt

[Qutzupalotl]

9. Uncle Ranty is senile. We knew that.

Ignore what he says. He is the distractor in chief. Watch what they do.

[oasis]

10. Trump being Trump.

[Attilatheblond]

11. Guessing he is under orders from his Oligarch owners to ruin any chance Newsom has of going into national office

While Trump is a complete idiot, knows zilch about CA wildfires, water management, and fire fighting, including the issue of water pressure and the fact that trucks addressing the house fires only have so much water, he is trying to end Newsom's political career. Gee, I wonder who ordered that.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Yes Trump sees Newsom as a direct threat to his power.

He has to bring Newsom down any way possible.
Even during a horrific and dire widespread emergency.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. What a sociopathic head case. The world watches in disbelief.

[jvill]

13. DEMOCRATS, you need to hit HARDER!!

The dude is an idiot and he’s making shit up to make you look bad.

I don’t know if Democrats need to hire some of the comedians who were in consideration for hosting the Golden Globes, but they gotta get their act together fast and learn to rhetorically defend themselves and attack, attack, attack. Or it’s gonna be four years of increasing hell.

[Docreed2003]

14. Trump choosing to politicize this tragedy and sh*t on California leaders is sadly not surprising

This is his typical MO. Blame the victims.

[True Blue American]

46. HTrump is a sickening piece of humanity!

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[FakeNoose]

15. We already know that Chump doesn't care about California

... and he never did. They're not "his people" in California. Why is Newsweek covering this?

[Pompoy]

16. ""Governor Gavin Newscum"

Never mind the water restoration declaration, this is what I paid more attention to.

[Irish_Dem]

33. Yes, personal and nasty attack.

For a sitting US governor trying to deal with a serious emergency situation in his state.

[CTyankee]

17. Trump can't stand it that Newsom is smarter, much better looking and much more popular than he would ever be.

[Bengus81]

52. And...by June Newsom will be 22 years YOUNGER than that orange spray tan POS

Trump really knows the hands of time keep ticking at his back and all his money won't another minute buy.

[lonely bird]

18. Just say

LIE!

Say Trump LIED!

[hadEnuf]

24. EXACTLY. Call the bastard a LIAR because that's what he is.

When are we going to have enough of this fucking piece of shit? This is what it's going to be like for the next 4 years and every single Democrat is going to be savaged like this or worse.

We need a united and forceful line to FIGHT these assholes every single way we can.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Trump acts like an eight-year-old kid

[boonecreek]

39. That is how I have been describing for for years.

An eight year old playground bully.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. from a man who threw paper towels at pr people . , get real.

[Skittles]

21. "Newscum"

the very idea that a president-elect / president twists names in such a JUVENILE fashion, it is FUCKING PATHETIC

TRUMP DISGRACES AMERICA EVERY FUCKING DAY

[BidenRocks]

22. So. Cal. SFV here.

While we are not burning, the power has been out since 10 last night.
No lights, heat or wifi.
Fuck trump! Stroke out you prick!
He would throw gas on the fire.

[electric_blue68]

23. STFU, you LYING SCUM!!!!!

Apologies for yelling.

[dchill]

25. So I guess water is still wet.

[Dem2theMax]

26. To the orange ShitGibbon --

"No, you freaking idiot. It's climate change!"



Signed, Californian, who has lived here for 68 years.

[Nixie]

27. The air strikes were called off because of the winds, DUH! The whole

reason for the fire starts were the historic winds! Aerial fire assessment planning couldn’t be done because of the historic winds! Fire retardant couldn’t be strategic because of the historic winds! It’s the wind, stupid! Good lord, 4 years of this ignorant trash is so sad to contemplate.

[Unladen Swallow]

28. The fires started from wind?

[Nixie]

29. Have you not seen the news about the winds causing

debris that takes out power lines? Have you not seen the news that warns residents in affected areas to stay away from downed power lines? Why is that? It’s hard to believe the results of excessive winds have to be questioned/explained……

[Unladen Swallow]

32. Why is there debris around power lines?

Where I live that stuff gets cleaned up all the time and composted, and then the compost is sold by the county to gardeners and landscapers.

[Nixie]

34. LOL, not a very good effort at all.

But thanks for being so obvious.

[Unladen Swallow]

37. I found this

https://www.sierraclub.org/california/cnrcc/pge-clearcuts-power-lines

[Nixie]

38. Another poor effort.

It’s okay if you don’t want to watch the news, tho. Relevant information is not for everyone.

[Unladen Swallow]

40. Thanks.

I don't watch the news. Haven't for a very long time.

[hadEnuf]

48. So in other words, rake the forests.

Gotcha

[Boomerproud]

30. Come on Democrats drop a truth bomb on this guy.

Insist that your voices be heard on msm. Are you goi ng to let this outrage slide?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

35. Don't let him get away with making up shit to destroy adversaries.

We don't have truth tellers in the media this next term. And besides the harm he intentionally causes, his words make sane people insane. He is a punitive ass.

One thing I noticed while following the coverage, was the sight of Biden looking like a wax figure while being briefed. It was sad and infuriating. It could be our DEI obsession is hurting us far more than helping.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

36. To repeat: "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction."

If he's going to pull stuff out of his ass, I wish he'd remove his head from there.

[Linda ladeewolf]

41. Trump is bad luck.

He brings it to every business, every person he knows. All those kissing his ass will pay for it eventually, he’ll destroy them, and they’ll deserve it.

[Scarlet Begalas]

42. TheThing Criticizes Newsom

Unbelievable! Trump is a monster, and he proves it every day.

[hunter]

43. My crazy grandma was removed from her home as a danger to herself and others.

It took the police and paramedics many hours to remove her, and she was still cussing up a storm and trying to bite them after she was sedated and strapped to a gurney to be hauled away in an ambulance.

The police might have shot her dead if she wasn't a little old white lady.

About half my grandma's neighbors adored her, the rest were terrified of her.

My mom had already taken away my grandma's guns -- or so she thought -- but we found one later. Thankfully my grandma had either forgotten where she'd hidden it or had been rational enough not to use it.

No nursing home or assisted living place would keep my grandma long, even those that claimed they could handle difficult patients, so she ended up living with my parents. She was indirectly responsible for one of the worst weekends of my life when I couldn't take any more of her crazy and stormed off on Thanksgiving day.

I think Trump is more twisted than my crazy grandma and a lot more dangerous.

[True Blue American]

49. When I was in rehab for a broken ankle

They brought in a woman who would not stay in bed,kept barricading herself in our shared bathroom.. They finally barricaded her door with chairs, she was in a wheelchair. She was gone the next morning, but that was a scary night.

[C Moon]

44. trump and the gop will try to split California into North and South states.

If that ever happened, I'd move up north.

[BigmanPigman]

45. Two words...FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!

Three words, "Fuck off, mutherf*ker!".

I've noticed over the course of the last 8 years that I've been on this site that profanity has increased a lot, and I'm not just speaking for myself. 8 years ago hardly any posts had so many "4 letter words". I personally believe that my own use of profanity (in several languages to boot) has increased since tRump was POTUS and that is considerable. I'm an advocate of the use of profanity as a release of anger and frustrations that build up and need to let off some steam.

Earlier tonight I was re-watching a Barney Miller episode and there was a guy who wrote a dictionary of all the profanity on Earth. His theory was that societies need profanity in order to release stress and anger. I couldn't agree more.

[Evolve Dammit]

47. We're all rude pundits now

[True Blue American]

50. I know. Find myself getting

Ruder by the minute. Do not like it but relief has to come from some where. Being snowbound is not helping. Get me out of the house I will be fine!🥴

Warmer this weekend.

[Evolve Dammit]

58. Yeah. Very cold in NE with unrelenting winds. No snow though. Very strange.

[BlueKota]

54. I feel the same way

about profanity.

[BigmanPigman]

59. By swearing as much as 1 do

I believe I have saved myself a bit of money in the long run by not needing expensive therapy to get the same results...let off steam!

[Oneear]

51. Will Donald J. Trump loan out his Goats to eat Grass in California

That is the question I have to ask

[maxrandb]

53. Democrats need to chew gum and walk at the same time

I would make a slight correction to the statement

"The Governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics"

In 2025 America, we MUST be able to "focus on protecting people", while forcefully and repeatedly "playing politics".

If we can learn one things, let it be this: there is no tragedy, terror, catastrophe, or conflagration that the Reich-Wing fascists won't exploit for political gain.

Call Donnie Dipshit a "liar" and you get 10 seconds on CNN.

Call Donnie Dipshit a "FUCKING moron that has his head so far up Putin's ass he can see Red Square" and you're viral everywhere.

[doc03]

55. This will be Trump's problem in just 12 days, he will have to shut the fuck up

and actually, do something.

[Hotler]

56. And he still walks free.

[purr-rat beauty]

57. Never forget

The cruelty one espouses is often a reflection of their own self-hate.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

60. As wildfires crisis continues, Trump targets California's governor

As California deals with deadly wildfires, the president-elect thought it'd be a good time to launch a political offensive against Gavin Newsom.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lfb4kvldr22b

@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social this week made the point that Trump "is at his absolute worst in a crisis."

The president-elect using wildfires to launch a new political offensive against California's governor helps drive the point home.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/wildfires-crisis-continues-trump-targets-californias-governor-rcna186884

Around the same time, the president’s successor also turned his attention to the crisis in California, though Donald Trump had a different message in mind. The New York Times reported:

President-elect Donald J. Trump blamed California’s Democratic governor on Wednesday for the failure to contain fires engulfing parts of the Los Angeles area, accusing the state’s government of letting environmental policies run amok. ... Mr. Trump’s angry commentary came even as Southern California residents were fleeing three separate fires. Two people have been confirmed to have died from the fires, and authorities were warning the area’s residents to be ready to evacuate their homes at a moment’s notice.

The president-elect’s latest political offensive began late Wednesday morning, when Trump published an item to his social media platform that referred to the California governor as “Gavin Newscum” — as if this were an appropriate time for an incoming national leader to peddle juvenile taunts. The Republican added that he considers Newsom to be “incompetent,” adding, “He is the blame [sic] for this.”

Roughly two hours later, Trump kept the offensive going with a follow-up item that again referred to the governor as “Newscum” and condemned the local government’s efforts to contain the fires. Sixteen minutes later, the president-elect turned his attention to the incumbent in the White House: “NO WATER IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS, NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE!”.....

We’re constantly confronted with evidence to bolster the point. Last week, Trump saw a deadly attack in New Orleans and responded with ugly lies and bizarre conspiracy theories. In the recent past, there was a deadly hurricane in North Carolina, to which the Republican also responded with a different set of ugly lies and bizarre conspiracy theories.

Part of this is likely the result of Trump’s lack of empathy. It probably doesn’t help that he’s far too indifferent to the substance of governing to offer constructive recommendations, which leaves him with little more than cheap, partisan attacks.

But French’s point also rings true: When there’s a real crisis, Americans are suffering and it’s time to get to work finding solutions, Americans simply can’t count on Trump to tell the truth, to care about what matters, to demonstrate real character, to communicate like a grown-up or to resist the urge to exploit tragedies for political gain.

What Americans are seeing is a reminder of who Trump is — and why he’s so ill-suited for national leadership.