Will Trump come to California? White House mum as wildfires burn
WASHINGTON — President Trump, who toured Southern states after deadly hurricanes in recent months, has not scheduled a visit to California as the state battles deadly fires.
The White House did not respond Monday to a question about whether Trump would come to California as the state endured a fifth day of wildfires, other than saying it had no “scheduling announcements” to make.
Trump provoked a sharp reaction in California over the weekend when he blamed “poor” forest management for wildfires such as the Camp Fire in Butte County, which has claimed 29 lives, and the Woolsey Fire in Malibu that has killed two people. He also repeated a vague threat he has made in the past to withhold unspecified federal funding without changes.
A spokesman for Gov. Jerry Brown labeled the tweet “inane,” and the head of the state’s largest firefighters association called it “an uninformed political threat aimed squarely at the innocent victims of these cataclysmic fires.”
The federal government owns 57 percent of forestland in California, while the state and local agencies own just 3 percent. Experts also pointed out that forest management is just one of many factors that can play a role in disastrous wildfires.
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