Trump threatens to hold disaster money if California rebels on water rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "Newsom sued over the Trump administration's rules in February 2020, the day after Trump finalized them at a rally-style speech in Bakersfield, touting their effect on water deliveries.
41% : What happened: Speaking to reporters from a golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday, Trump said he would strong-arm California's governor into agreeing to send more water from California's lush north to farm fields in its drier south.
36% : Tomorrow it could be hurricane funding for North Carolina or flooding assistance for homeowners in Pennsylvania," Newsom wrote, referencing two swing states where Kamala Harris and Trump are neck-and-neck in polls ahead of November.
31% : "To protect a little tiny fish called a 'smelt,' they send millions and millions of gallons of water out to the Pacific Ocean," Trump said Friday, referencing California's efforts to protect vulnerable fish species.
20% : "Gavin Newscum [Newsom] is going to sign those papers," Trump said, seemingly referencing a 2020 federal decision to increase water deliveries by weakening endangered species rules that Newsom sued over.
17% : Context: Trump has long threatened to withhold disaster money from California as punishment for its environmental policies.

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