LA Mayor Bass Says She Had 'Positive' Talks With Trump Team -- After Trump Accused Bass Of 'Incompetence'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Newsom on Friday wrote a letter to Trump inviting him to tour the devastation.
28% : Trump has argued for years that California should instead prioritize sending water to farmers in the Central Valley and Southern California, claiming it would moisten the ground and prevent fires.
24% : "Newsom's office said last week the "water restoration declaration" Trump cited does not exist.
24% : Newsom on Sunday accused Trump of "mis- and disinformation I don't think advantages any of us" in an interview with NBC.
19% : Trump accused Newsom last week of mismanaging the state's water flow by supporting a plan to divert some water from Northern California through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to preserve wildlife that live there, including smelt fish.
16% : Newsom said Trump is "somehow connecting the delta smelt to this fire, which is inexcusable because it's inaccurate."
7% : Trump accused Bass of "gross incompetence" in a Truth Social post on Thursday, writing the "fire is spreading rapidly for 3 days -- ZERO CONTAINMENT!"
6% : Trump also accused Newsom of refusing to sign a "water restoration declaration" -- which Newsom says doesn't exist -- that Trump claimed "would have allowed millions of gallons of water . . .

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