Trump heads to LA, poised to see fire damage firsthand

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : " "I think we're going to have a very interesting time," Trump said of his visit out west.
53% : Trump, newly sworn in this week as the nation's 47th president, was set to get a first-hand look at the toll of the Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out on Jan. 7 amid extreme winds in the region.
47% : Remedy now, or no more (federal) payments!" This time, Trump is castigating California's water management.
46% : Barger, at an event at a Pasadena church on Thursday, seemed hopeful that Trump would back federal support, especially after seeing the scope of the damage.
45% : Later, Trump will receive an emergency briefing from local leaders at all levels of government.
41% : Trump, according to White House pool reports, also repeated his assertion that the fires in L.A. "could have been put out if they let the water flow.
37% : Trump then -- like he is now -- was extremely critical of the state's management and threatened to withhold federal aid.
37% : " "I don't think we should give California anything until they let the water run down," Trump said.
36% : But Trump, speaking to reporters on the south lawn of the White House early Friday morning, suggested he wasn't the one to invite Schiff, according to pool reports.
33% : "There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor," Trump said in a post on what was then Twitter at the time.
32% : It was unclear whether, if at all, Trump would visit the fire-scorched Altadena and Pasadena communities.
27% : Despite the sheer force of nature from the disasters, early Friday, Trump blamed previous administrations for neglecting structural issues in North Carolina and California that he said led to the devastation.
25% : But local leaders have urged Trump to pull back from setting conditions on federal support in the area.
23% : "It's been a horrible thing the way that's been allowed to fester, and we're going to get it fixed up," Trump said of the hurricane's aftermath in North Carolina before embarking on the trip early Friday morning.
23% : This isn't the first time Trump has come to survey a fire-ravaged California.
22% : In 2018, Trump toured areas decimated by the Camp fire in Northern California's Butte County, which killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures.

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