trmp is blackmailing California. If they want Disaster Aid - he want's Voter I.D.

[spanone]

This alone should slingshot his sorry ass directly out of office.

Bound for LA, Trump ups his threat to withhold fire aid and keeps Newsom out of the loop

IN SUMMARY

The Trump administration apparently opted not to coordinate at all with Gov. Newsom while planning the president’s visit to fire-ravaged Los Angeles today. Just how awkward will this be?

President Donald Trump has repeatedly railed against California’s governor as “Newscum,” spread misinformation about the causes of the Los Angeles fires and suggested that California will not receive the typical federal aid for recovery unless it changes its water policy. Or its forestry policy. Or its immigration sanctuary policy.

This morning, as he prepared to fly to the fire zone, he added a new one: voter ID.

“People want to have voter identification. You want to have proof of citizenship. Ideally you have one-day voting. But I just want voter ID as a start, and I want the water to be released,” Trump told reporters on the tarmac during a stop in North Carolina. “After that, I will be the greatest president that California has ever seen.”

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/trump-la-fires-newsom/

[dchill]

1. The leopard wants your face. Don't show him your face.

[Cha]

2. Mump is a Terrorist... how you like him CA magats?

[travelingthrulife]

3. But he's gonna open the water spigot in Canada so water flows down to California!!

[Cha]

5. uh huh.

[Solly Mack]

4. ...

He's trying to hold them hostage.

[bronxiteforever]

6. This goes to the heart of a country's

reason to exist. If aid to injured fellow Americans is tempered by political demands, the other side will suffer the same fate. As Sulu said in the “Star Trek the Undiscovered Country” “then fly the ship apart”.

[sop]

7. Newsom should tell Trump to go f*** himself; California doesn't need his money, Trump needs California's money.

California’s gross domestic product (GDP) was $3.9 trillion, 14% of national GDP ($27.7 trillion). California’s economy ranks 5th internationally, behind the US, China, Germany, and Japan. On a per capita basis, California’s GDP is greater than that of all of these countries. California contributes 14.5% of total federal revenue. California is less reliant on federal funds than other states and receives a smaller percentage of its state budget from federal sources.

Newsom should threaten Trump: if he doesn't provide federal aid ASAP, his state won't send him any more tax dollars.

[pinkstarburst]

12. If he has the power to do that, he absolutely should.

Redistribute California's tax dollars to pay for disaster relief and other CA problems (they are sure to have more of them in the next 4 years.) They aren't playing by the rules. Why should Newsom?

[LaRaven]

8. This is a Puppet Show...

He’s not smart or aware enough to be moving this fast. Someone please look behind the curtain! Everything he’s done seems to be fed to him…to feed his ego and destroy my state and country! 😡

[malaise]

9. He will learn

Eff him

[obamanut2012]

10. There is no fucking "water to release"

[LoisB]

11. And I want "IT" to kiss my little, old, Black California ass. I take that back, I might get

some incurable disease - don't know where that anus mouth has been.

[GoCubsGo]

13. It's not blackmail. It's attempted extortion.

Also, the President does not control the purse strings, so he can threaten all he wants. Somebody should remind this boob that there are lots of Republicans in California, including in the fire-affected areas.

[LizBeth]

14. So much for states rights

[Johonny]

15. Newsom should build temporary shelters on Trump golf course. Seems like a great place to store supplies and shelters.

No one needs to golf, right?