California farmers still love Trump, even after he dumped their water

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35. Central Valley farmers salivate...

...over their decades-long fever dream to divert the Columbia River. They (and the orange man) portray every drop of fresh water that passes Astoria as a waste.

The Pacific Northwest relies on the river for power, agriculture, and Salmon habitat.

It was electrons from Columbia River dams, built during the Great depression, that won World War II....enabling the production of aluminum for aircraft and enriched uranium for the Manhattan Project.

Giant water transfer proposals to feed Califonia included Gov. Wally Hickel proposing an undersea pipeline from Alaska to feed the semi-arid state. When asked about his crazy expensive idea, he remarked "We'll see how thirsty they get".