The Newsom-Trump-Word War is still smearing as the president arrives in California to investigate forest fires

When President Donald Trump lands in California on Friday to investigate the devastating forest fires that have ravaged the Los Angeles metropolitan area this month, the state’s democratic governor will be among the officials who greet him.

But Governor Gavin Newsom shows up unsolicited.

“I look forward to being there on the tarmac to thank the president, welcoming him, and we make sure that all the resources he needs for a successful briefing are delivered to him,” Newsom told journalists on the threshold to Trump’s stop in Los Angeles.

Since the fires that have killed nearly 30 people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes broke out earlier this month, Trump has repeatedly criticized Newsom’s handling of the huge crisis. He has accused the governor of managing forestry and water policy poorly, and he has pointed to intense setback over a suspected lack of preparation, and he has called on Newsom to resign.

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“Gavin Newscum should step back. It’s all his fault !!!” Trump was aiming for a post on social media on January 8, when he repeated a derogatory name, which he often calls the governor.

And in his first Oval Office interview, since he returned to power in the White House, Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity this week: “This fire just raged and then it would reach another area, another area , another area. “

“It took a week and a half – and I’ve never seen anything like it. We look so weak,” argued Trump in performance on Fox News’ “Hannity” while pointing to his repeated claim that a main cause of the flames was raging was, Because the firefighters did not have access to water.

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Trump and some top Republicans in Congress have been pushing towards setting conditions to continue the massive federal emergency fire aid to California to force political changes.

The president said Friday, prior to his arrival at Los Angeles, he wanted to see “two things” before he would support federal disaster relief funds to California.

“I want to see two things in Los Angeles: Voter ID, so the people have a chance to vote. And I will see the water being released and getting down in Los Angeles and throughout the state. Those are the two things. After I will be the biggest president that California has ever seen, ”Trump said.

Newsom signed a $ 2.5 billion state aid package on Thursday. But California will need much more help from the federal government.

And Newsom, the governor of the nation’s most populous state, one of the leaders of the Democratic Party in the opposition to the recurring president and a potential challenger in the White House in 2028, has pushed back as the two politicians who are greater than life, is trading fire.

The governor has noticed that the reservoirs in southern California were filled when the fires first triggered, and has argued that no amount of water could tackle fires driven by wind of up to 100 miles per hour.

Newsom has also accused Trump of spreading the “Hurricane Strength of Mis and Disinformation.

And in a letter to Congress last week, Newsom emphasized that “our long national history of responding to natural disasters, no matter where they arise, have always been Americans who help Americans, period.”

The natural fires are far from the first time Newsom and Trump have been aiming for each other. Their enmity goes back to before Trump was elected President for the first time in 2016, when Newsom was California’s Lieutenant Governor.

The verbal fireworks continued over the past two years when Newsom served as a topsurrogate on the campaign track for former President Biden and then former Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced the bite as the Democrats’ fan bearer in 2024 last summer.

After Trump’s compelling election victory over Harris in November, Newsom moved to Trump-proof his heavy blue state.

“He uses the term ‘Trump-Proof’ as a way to stop all the great things that can be done to ‘Make California Great Again’, but I just won overwhelming the election,” Trump replied.

While pushing back against Trump’s attack in the middle of the forest fires, Newsom also knows that he has to work with the president.

Newsom, who two weeks ago invited Trump to come to California to investigate the damage, said in a statement Monday after the inauguration ceremony: “I look forward to President Trump’s visit to Los Angeles and his mobilization of the full weight of the federal government. To help Our Co -Americans with recovering and rebuilding. ”

He emphasized “finding common footing and striving for common goals” with the Trump administration.

“In light of one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States, this moment emphasizes the critical need for partnership, a common obligation to facts and mutual respect – values ​​that enable civilian discourse, effective governance and meaningful action,” the governor said. said.

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California veteran-based politologist Jack Pitney at Claremont McKenna College noted that “this is a very difficult balance” for Newsom.

“As Governor of California, he has to work with the president to get federal help to the state. As a national political figure, he feels pressured to attack Trump. It’s hard to do both at the same time,” Pitney Fox News said.