Trump says aid to Los Angeles fire victims will have political strings attached

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : " Using tornadoes in Oklahoma as an example, Trump said, "I love Oklahoma, but you know what?
47% : During his Fox News interview Trump also called for the "reform" of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), saying it is "getting in the way of everything."
47% : Read moreDemocrats, media fall in line as Trump begins administration of "shock and awe"22 January 2025Aggressive Hughes Fire erupts in Southern California two weeks after catastrophic Los Angeles fires22
44% : On the day Trump was sworn into office, Newsom issued a statement calling for "common ground" with the new administration.
38% : As reported by the Washington Post, "Los Angeles does not get its water from Northern California systems Trump described, and water experts have repeatedly explained that the scale and severity of the Southern California fires was not caused by empty reservoirs or a lack of water flowing from Northern California.
34% : Although he did not elaborate on specifics of his plans, Trump said, "FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly, because I'd rather see the states take care of their own problems.
34% : FEMA is getting in the way of everything, and the Democrats actually use FEMA not to help North Carolina." While Trump has moved aggressively to implement his anti-democratic and anti-working class agenda, the Democratic Party had doubled down on its slavish accommodation to him.
29% : President Trump made his threat to withhold aid on Fox News as he prepared for the first trip of his second term in office.
25% : Trump repeated the false claims that California's fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in Los Angeles.
21% : When Trump was asked if he would meet with Newsom, he said, "I don't know.
19% : Speaking on Fox News with his supporter Sean Hannity, Trump said, "I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down," in a reference to bogus claims that Democratic Party Governor Gavin Newsom and other state officials blocked water flowing from the north of the state into the Los Angeles area.
13% : On Wednesday, Gavin Newsom said he was willing to meet with the fascist president, scheduled to arrive in the Los Angeles area on Friday, even though Trump has regularly referred to the California governor as "Newscum."
11% : All of these entreaties by Newsom have been thrown back in his face by Trump and the Republicans, while the citizens of southern California who have lost everything and have no place to live are left to suffer and wonder about their fate amidst one of the worst wildfire disasters in US history.

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