Source: New York Post
“President-elect Donald Trump blamed California’s Gavin Newsom for the ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires ravaging the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles — claiming he chose to save an extinct tiny fish species, instead of sending more water to southern California. Trump raged that the Democratic governor blocked an order that would have diverted more water from the much wetter north to the state’s parched regions ‘including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way’. ‘He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt … but didn’t care about the people of California,’ the incoming president ranted on his Truth Social Platform. ‘Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is to blame for this.'” (01/08/25)