On his social network Truth Social, US President-elect Donald Trump estimated that the governor of California “did not care about the residents” of the state ravaged by flames for several hours.
A violent attack. This Wednesday, January 8 on Truth Social, Donald Trump attacked Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California, a state ravaged by violent fires in recent hours.
The future tenant of the White House accuses him of having “refused to sign the water restoration declaration which had been presented to him and which would have allowed millions of gallons of water, coming from excess rain and snowmelt in the North, to flow daily into many areas of California.”
An “incompetent” governor
According to Donald Trump, Gavin Newsom “didn't care about the people of California.”
“I will demand that this incompetent governor allow fresh, clean and beautiful water to flow into California! He is the one responsible for this situation,” wrote the American president-elect.
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Earlier today, Los Angeles firefighters reported that two people died following these fires affecting California, near Los Angeles.
“Many” other people were seriously injured in the fire in Eaton, north of Los Angeles. 1,000 buildings were destroyed, he said at a press conference.
This fire, which releases an impressive cloud of smoke, broke out late Tuesday morning and had already covered more than 2,000 hectares by Wednesday morning, destroying some 1,000 buildings in its path, according to the Los County fire chief. Angeles, Anthony Marrone.