when President Donald Trump He arrives in California on Friday to inspect the destroyed forest fires that swept the major city of Los Angeles this month, and the state's democratic ruler will be among the officials who received it.
but Governor Javin Newsum It appears without an invitation.
“I look forward to being there on the runway to thank the president and welcome him, and we make sure to provide all the resources he needs to hold a successful press conference,” Newsum told reporters on the eve of Trump's stop at the airport. Los Angeles.
Since the outbreaks of the fires, which killed nearly 30 people and forced tens of thousands to flee from their homes, earlier this month, Trump has repeatedly criticized the way Nexum dealt with the tremendous crisis. The ruler was accused of mismanagement of forest and water policy, and pointed to the violent reaction due to the remarkable lack of preparation, and called on Newsum to step down.
The unintended Newsum says he will be on the runway to salute and summarize Trump
People watch smoke and flame caused by forest fires in the Pacific neighborhood of Palssadis on January 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Tiffany Rose / Getty Imaguz)
“Javin New Sakum must resign. This is all his mistake !!!” Trump was accused in a post on social media on January 8, when he repeated a humiliating name often called the ruler.
In his first interview in the Oval Office since he returned to power at the White House, Trump said Fox News Sean Hanity This week, “this fire was burning, then spread to another area, another area, another area.”
“It took a week and a half – and I saw nothing like this before. We look very weak,” Trump said on his appearance on Twitter. Fox News “Hanity,He also pointed to his repeated claim that the main reason behind the outbreak of fires is that firefighters do not get water.
Trump and some senior Republicans in Congress have pushed conditions for the continuation of the massive federal forest fires Aid to California In order to impose changes in politics.
The president said on Friday, before arriving in Los Angeles, he wanted to see two “things” before supporting federal funds for disaster relief in California.
“I want to see two things in Los Angeles: the voter identity card so that people have the opportunity to vote. I want to see the water being launched and reach Los Angeles and all over the state. These two are the two things. After Trump said:“ I will be the greatest president of California ever. ” .
On Thursday, Newsum signed a $ 2.5 billion government relief package. But California will need more assistance from the federal government.
California Governor Javin Newsum (right) is touring the commercial area in the center of Pacific City, as a fire continues to ignite on January 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Eric Thier)
Neosum, the country's most populous governor, and one of the leaders of the Democratic Party in the resistance against the return president, and the potential opponent of the White House in 2028, where the largest politician of life exchanged fire.
The ruler pointed out that the tanks in the southern part of California were full when the fires erupted for the first time, and he said that no amount of water could treat the fires fed by winds up to 100 miles per hour.
Neosum also accused Trump of spreading “winds of hurricane from wrong and misleading information.”
US President Donald Trump is boarding the presidential plane while he was leaving North Carolina at the Andrews Joint Base in Maryland, January 24, 2025. (Lea Milice / Reuters)
In a message to Congress last week, Newsum stressed that “our long national history in responding to natural disasters, regardless of their location, was always a help of Americans for Americans, in the full sense of the word.”
Forest fires are not the first time that Newx and Trump targeted each other. The hostility between them dates back to Trump as president for the first time in 2016, when New California, Niusum.
Verbal fireworks have continued over the past two years, as Newsum was the first alternative to the election campaign of former President Biden and then former Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democratic Brigade holder for the year 2024 last summer.
After Trump's convincing election victory over Harris in November, Newsom moved to his highly blue state to resist Trump.
Trump replied, “It uses the term” resistant to Trump “as a way to stop all the great things that can be done in order to” make California great again “, but I just won the elections with an overwhelming majority.”
While confronting Trump's attacks amid forest fires, Newsum also knows that he needs to work with the president.
President Donald Trump (in the center) looks with California Governor Jerry Brown (on the right) and ruler Javin Newsum, where they see the damage caused by forest fires in Paradise, California on November 17, 2018. (Saul Loub/French Press Agency via Getti Imaguz)
“Two weeks ago to come to California to inspect the damage, Newsum said in a statement on Monday after the accident The opening ceremonyHe added: “I am looking forward to President Trump's visit to Los Angeles and his full weight of the federal government to help our American brothers recover and rebuild.”
He stressed “finding a common ground and seeking to achieve common goals” with the Trump administration.
“In the face of one of the worst natural disasters in the history of America, this moment confirms the urgent need for partnership, joint commitment to facts, mutual respect – values that enable civil discourse, effective rule, and purposeful work.” He said.
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“This is a very difficult balance” for Niusum, “said veteran politician Jacques Beitni, residing in California at Clairemont Makina College.
“As governor of the state of California, he needs to work with the president to obtain federal aid to the state. As a national political figure, he feels pressure to attack Trump. It is difficult to do the two things at the same time.” Fox News.
