Gavin Newsom hits back at Trump over wildfire blame game, urges him to visit LA: Take a look for himself
California Gov.Gavin Newsom on Sunday fired back at President-elect Donald Trump over his harsh criticism of the state and local governments’ handling of the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles County.Newsom, 57, suggested Trump, 78, was spewing “disinformation” and urged the incoming president to trek to the region and see the devastation for himself.
“I called for him to come out, take a look for himself,” Newsom told NBC News in an interview that aired on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, referring to a letter he sent the president-elect last week.“We want to do it in the spirit of an open hand, not a closed fist,” Newsom said of cooperation between his office and the feds.
“I don’t think that mis[information] and disinformation advantages or aids any of us.Responding to Donald Trump’s insults, we would spend another month.
I’m very familiar with them.Every elected official that he disagrees with is very familiar with them,” the Democratic gov said.Trump has blasted California’s leaders as “incompetent” and fumed at their inability to put out the fires.
The incoming president has also re-upped his well-warn demands that California do a much better job at forest and water management.The incoming president has indicated that he will demand dramatic reforms in California, prompting concerns from Newsom about whether Trump will leverage federal aid to extract those concessions.
“He’s done it in Utah.He’s done it in Michigan.
Did it Puerto Rico,” Newsom complained of Trump.“He did it to California back before I was even governor in 2018, until he found out folks in Orange County voted for him, and then he decided to give the money.“So he’s been at this for years and years and years.
That’s his style.And we take it seriously.”Newsom had called Trump after his election victory, but the two didn’t connect and haven’t touched base since.
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