Trump heads to fire-ravaged California with Newsom in crosshairs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

84% : Gallagher said Trump provided aid when Newsom requested it.
73% : Caruso, a Republican-turned-Democrat, urged Newsom and Trump to collaborate.
57% : As much as California is known as a liberal state, Trump has gained support among residents.
53% : "Trump did everything Gavin asked for," he said.
42% : "It's just fundamental policy disagreements on birthright citizenship, but on emergency preparedness, emergency management, there should be no daylight between federal administration and state and local representatives.
36% : On Wednesday, Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity, "I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down into there," referring to his demand to reroute more water from the state's north to southern areas, while attacking the governor's policies.
35% : In an interview, billionaire Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso said Newsom and Trump should "put politics aside and work together.
27% : "Trump and Gavin have always had this sort of behind-the-scenes relationship," said James Gallagher, the Republican leader in the state assembly who represents Paradise, the town destroyed by the Camp Fire in 2018.
25% : But with Trump set to visit fire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, an already-tense relationship is showing no signs of improvement.
24% : Newsom said on Thursday that he hasn't spoken by phone to Trump since the president left office in his first term, and multiple attempts to contact him since his reelection were unsuccessful.
21% : The governor needs Trump to keep billions of dollars in disaster aid, while resisting policies such as mass deportations and threats to birthright citizenship in a state where immigrants make up more than a quarter of the population.
18% : Leading the charge against the president is California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who accused Trump of trying to "bully and intimidate" state officials.
14% : Trump is heading to California after visiting North Carolina, which was recently hit by hurricanes with the president also criticizing the federal response to that disaster.

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