Analysis: Trump seizes on Los Angeles infernos to reopen his feud with Newsom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : But as a cataclysm fueled by windstorms charred swathes of Los Angeles, Donald Trump spotted an opportunity.
55% : You just watch," Trump said.
49% : The conceit of a state and city inflicting self-defeating environmental policies is a perfect fit for Trump's narrative that liberal governance in blue states and cities invites chaos, crime and misery.
45% : "It looks like we are going to be the ones having to rebuild it," Trump said after meeting the senators.
44% : Trump wrote on Truth Social.
38% : A long history of bitter clashesTrump and Newsom have a deeply antagonistic relationship, which is exacerbated by their sharply differing ideologies and the fact that mighty California has the power to frustrate some of the president-elect's political priorities.
35% : The governor has already pledged to act if Trump seeks to wipe out electric vehicle tax credits.
29% : When Crowfoot asked him to look at the science, he added: "I don't think science knows, actually."Trump insisted on Capitol Hill Wednesday that he "got along well" with Newsom despite their differences.
28% : "Trump again showcases erratic response to national crisesNormal practice for a national leader when disaster strikes is to bury partisan grievances, unite behind Americans in need and pledge to stand with the victims for as long as it takes.
28% : During another California wildfires crisis, as millions of acres burned in 2020, Trump dismissed an appeal from Wade Crowfoot, the state's natural resources secretary, to acknowledge the impact of global warming.
28% : And Trump and Newsom will be at odds over more than fires.
24% : "This is a true tragedy, and it's a mistake of the governor," Trump told reporters.
22% : Trump is also fixated on the management of forests and fire prevention, including his view that Democratic jurisdictions conduct insufficient clearance of fallen foliage, which he insists is to blame for many fires.
19% : Environmentalists argue that the real problem that makes California so susceptible to worsening fire seasons is something that Trump refuses to accept exists - climate change.
19% : More recently, Trump seized on the terror attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans on January 1, falsely implying on social media that the suspect was an undocumented migrant who recently crossed the southern border.
15% : Trump slammed "the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden/Newscum Duo," in a post on his Truth Social network.
12% : He is the blame for this," Trump wrote as part of a flurry of social media posts, later writing that Newsom should resign.
9% : Trump and Newsom have clashed bitterly in the past, including over fire prevention, environmental policies, climate change, green vehicles and immigration.
7% : "The Governor of California, @GavinNewsom, has done a terrible job of forest management," Trump wrote on what was then Twitter in November 2019.

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