Trump Gives 2 Conditions to California Before Offering Federal Aid for Wildfires; Trump Tours LA Wildfires After Threats to Withhold Aid Over Water Policy, Voter ID

Trump Gives 2 Conditions to California Before Offering Federal Aid for Wildfires

They involve voter identification rules and water, the president signaled.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wants Los Angeles and California to fulfill two requirements before he offers federal support to wildfire-devastated areas in the state.

“I want to see two things in Los Angeles. Voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state,” Trump told reporters in North Carolina.

Trump is slated to visit the Los Angeles area on Friday after visiting western North Carolina, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene in late September 2024. Parts of Los Angeles were destroyed this month in several wildfires that spread rapidly, leaving dozens of people dead and thousands of structures burned to the ground.

“Those are the two things. After that, I will be the greatest president that California has ever seen,” he said of the aid.

Earlier this week, the president told Fox News that he would consider withholding aid to California over the state’s water issues. He suggested that California’s water and fire issues were due to state mismanagement.

“I don’t think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,” he said, adding that Gov. Gavin Newsom has “got one thing he can do,” which is to “release the water that comes from the north.”

“There is massive amounts of water, rainwater, and mountain water that comes due with the snow, comes down … as it melts. There’s so much water,” the president said.

On Monday, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “route more water” from Northern California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the Golden State due to the wildfires in what he said was an attempt to end “radical environmentalism” that was essentially putting fish over people. —>READ MORE HERE

Trump tours LA wildfires after threats to withhold aid over water policy, voter ID:

President Donald Trump landed in California on Friday afternoon to tour damage caused by wildfires in Los Angeles on Friday as he continues to feud with California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of the disaster and federal aid.

Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted on the tarmac by Newsom. Despite recently sparring over the response, the two shook hands and promised to work together in a cordial exchange.

“We’re looking to get something completed, and the way you get it completed is to work together. He’s the governor of the state, and we’re going to get it completed,” Trump said. “They’re going to need a lot of federal help. We’re going to take care of things.”

Newsom thanked Trump for being there.

“We’re going to need your support. We’re going to need your help,” Newsom said. “You were there for us during COVID, I don’t forget that, and I have all the expectations that we’ll be able to work together to get this speedy recovery.”

Trump arrived in Los Angeles after first making a visit to North Carolina, hit by Hurricane Helene in September.

“I’m stopping in North Carolina, first up, because those people were treated very badly by Democrats and I’m stopping there,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an interview before the trip. “We’re going to get that thing straightened out because they’re still suffering from a hurricane from months ago. And then, I’m going to … California.”

Trump and Republican congressional leaders have said they would attach conditions to federal disaster aid mandating changes in California’s water policies and forest management. —>READ MORE HERE

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