Trump says he's cut off FEMA funds for California wildfires in bizarre and misspelled Twitter rant [View all]

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Source: RawStory

BRAD REED
09 JAN 2019 AT 09:41 ET

President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a bizarre proclamation that he has permanently ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop sending California money to help beat forest fires unless they adopt his widely panned plan to prevent fires by raking leaves.

"Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest (sic) fires that, with proper Forrest (sic) Management, would never happen," the president wrote. "Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives and money!"

Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest fires that, with proper Forrest Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!

-- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2019

Late last year, Trump claimed that Finnish President Sauli Niinist told him that raking leaves in forests was the key to his country's success in preventing forest fires, although Niinist has denied he ever told Trump anything about raking.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-says-hes-cut-off-fema-funds-california-wildfires-bizarre-misspelled-twitter-rant/

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Update:

Trump Threatens to Pull FEMA Money from California Over 'Disgraceful' Management of 'Forrest' Fires

by Ken Meyer Jan 9th, 2019, 10:10 am

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It's unclear what prompted Trump's tweet, but if one were to take a guess, it might have to do with the fact that California governor Gavin Newsom is blasting Trump for the address he gave last night on border security.

Link to tweet

This tweet came hours after Newsom posted this message about the need to prepare for natural disasters.

Link to tweet

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