President Trump's first week of presidency includes a visit to Southern California

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : And during his inauguration speech on Monday, Trump referred to the "wonderful people of North Carolina, who've been treated so badly."
45% : I haven't even thought about it," Trump said about a potential meeting during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday.
36% : "I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down" from the northern part of the state to the south, Trump said.
28% : Trump will first stop in Asheville, North Carolina, which is still rebounding from the devastation brought by Hurricane Helene in the fall.
25% : "They've let those people suffer unjustly," Trump once said about the residents of North Carolina.
24% : But during the early days of the Southern California wildfires, Newsom invited Trump to visit Los Angeles to witness the devastation and urged the president not to politicize the catastrophe.
21% : " During his interview with Fox News, Trump suggested once again that the federal government should withhold disaster aid to California unless the state changes its water policy.
13% : Before he was reelected, Trump had suggested that if he were president again, he'd withhold federal disaster aid to California in the event of future wildfires if Newsom would not agree to divert more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to farmers in the Central Valley.
11% : It's no secret that Trump and Newsom have frequently feuded.
9% : Still, Trump has repeatedly criticized both Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for their handling of the fires. Zach Seidl, a spokesperson for Bass, said in a statement Thursday that the mayor had spoken with members of Trump's administration and "is continuing to have conversations with federal partners about how we can work together to mount the most monumental post-disaster recovery effort in American history.
7% : While campaigning, Trump criticized then-President Joe Biden and his administration's response to that disaster.

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