As Los Angeles wildfires rage, Trump homes in on a FEMA administrator

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : Newsom, in the "Meet the Press" interview, expressed hope that he could work with Trump while praising Biden for how his outgoing administration has responded to the wildfires"I'm blessed on behalf of 40 million Americans that happen to live in California that Joe Biden is president of the United States and did what he did immediately," Newsom said.
68% : "And to the extent that we can work with the same relationship and that same spirit with Donald Trump, I hope we can."
46% : I've never seen anything like it -- vast miles and miles of houses just burned to a crisp," Trump added.
43% : Trump has not publicly shared ideas for how his administration will handle the wildfires once he returns to office next week.
42% : Privately, with Republican members of Congress, he has discussed tying future wildfire aid to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, NOTUS and Politico reported Monday.Lori Lodes, executive director of the progressive group Climate Power, raised concerns about Trump and Republicans making aid contingent on unrelated legislative items.
41% : And while Trump, given his social media habits and unpredictable impulses, could announce his FEMA pick at any minute, he instead is responding to the fires by hurling unsubstantiated blame at Newsom and other Democrats.
30% : "Trump, in a Monday interview with Newsmax, said he was assessing the damage by "putting my developer cap on" before marveling at the destruction.
29% : In an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press" last week, Newsom blasted Trump for spreading what the governor said was "mis- and disinformation" about the fires.
27% : Trump, though, has identified a frontrunner for the FEMA job.
26% : "Trump spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment.
25% : "The only reason why wildfire aid is not already moving is because Donald Trump thinks he can use a tragedy to wring out some political concessions," Lodes said in a statement to NBC News.
21% : Without basis, Trump has connected conservation efforts around the Delta smelt, a small endangered fish, to water supply issues that have hamstrung firefighters.
8% : "Newsom has invited Trump to survey wildfire damage.
6% : Trump has targeted President Joe Biden, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Newsom with blame at a time when the initial cause of the fires is unknown and the circumstances surrounding their spread are complex.

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