President-elect Donald Trump criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom for prioritizing the welfare of fish over the needs of the state’s residents, linking this to the ongoing catastrophic wildfires. Trump’s allegations were met with immediate resistance from Newsom's office, which highlighted the inaccuracies of Trump’s claims regarding a supposed water restoration declaration that had never existed. Newsom’s team emphasized that their focus remains on public safety and ensuring firefighting resources are adequately provided.
In Trump's Truth Social post, he accused Newsom of allowing wildfires to worsen due to restrictive water policies aimed at protecting the smelt fish, describing it as 'essentially worthless.' He lamented the governor's refusal to sign necessary declarations which could potentially alleviate the water shortage impacting fire hydrants and firefighting efforts. Local officials, however, shifted blame towards infrastructure issues for the failures of hydrants, suggesting a more complex cause for the disaster.
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