Trump threatens funding for California forest fires that didn't happen

[jpak]

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-03/trump-twitter-california-forest-fires-that-didnt-happen

The big fires that hit Southern California last week burned expensive Los Angeles homes, swept through lush agricultural land, closed the 405 Freeway and threatened a presidential library.

But they did not burn through large swaths of forests.

Nonetheless, President Trump weighed in Sunday on Twitter with a new critique of Caifornia’s forest management practices.

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Trump’s comments contrast with the types of blazes firefighters battled last week:

--The most destructive fire broke out in the heart of Los Angeles’ Westside, starting just off the 405 Freeway near the Getty Center and burning 12 homes in Brentwood.

--The Easy fire, which threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, occurred in a suburban area dotted by subdivisions and open spaces in Ventura County.

--The Maria fire burned on a mountain amid citrus and avocado groves between Santa Paula and Somis.

--The 46 fire occurred in a riverbed in Riverside County, the result of a car crash at the end of a high-speed police pursuit. The fire leaped from the riverbed to a nearby shipping container manufacturer.

--The Hillside fire did begin at the edge of the San Bernardino National Forest. But it quickly burned downhill into a San Bernardino neighborhood, which is where the fire fight occurred. It ended up burning just 200 acres but destroyed several homes.

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[rockfordfile]

1. A bet a lot of those fires are arson from right-wingers

[Nictuku]

2. Lets not give them any ideas!

Seriously! I Live in fire country (used to be known as wine country). The thought of that is too damn scary to me.

[Initech]

3. California Derangement Syndrome

[Dirty Socialist]

4. K&R

[Generic Other]

5. And yet he just got thanked by Russia for his offer to help with fires in Siberia.

https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-praises-donald-trump-offer-wildfire-help-restore-full-format-relations-russia-u-s-1452061

He should be removed from office for this reason alone.