Los Angeles fires: Republican expects "strings attached" to aid funding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : While it is unclear if an additional aid package for California will be approved once Trump is in office later this month, tensions still remain between Newsom and Trump.
56% : Newsom responded to Trump in September on X, formerly Twitter, and wrote: "Every voter should be made aware of this.
42% : "While Trump did not specify what papers he is referring to, during his first term Trump signed a memorandum that redirected millions of gallons of water to farmers living in the Central Valley and Southern California, pumping it out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
32% : Donald Trump doesn't care about America -- he only cares about himself.
28% : Trump has previously suggested he may withhold aid to California unless the state overhauls its water policy.
26% : In September while speaking amid his presidential campaign, Trump took aim at Newsom and his policies and said, "The water coming here is dead.
26% : It's unclear what Trump will do once in office but the debate over California's water policies is unlikely to subside, especially as the fires continue to rage.
21% : "Trump also claimed that Newsom refused to sign a "water restoration declaration" that would have allowed millions of gallons of water from excess rain and snow to flow into California.
7% : In response to the ongoing wildfires, Newsom rejected criticism of his handling of them as he called on Trump to visit the disaster area in person to "understand the magnitude."
5% : Meanwhile, prominent Republicans, including Trump, have since blamed California's governor for the wildfire disaster with the president-elect commenting "it's all his fault," and urging Newsom to resign in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.

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