Newsom Responds To Trump Statement
Well, here we go again—California on fire, and Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump locked in another war of words.
It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as Newsom’s tenure as governor. While Southern California burns, with homes destroyed and families displaced, the political blame game is in full swing. And, honestly, neither side is pulling punches.
Trump kicked things off with a classic Trump-ism: calling Newsom out for allegedly mismanaging the state’s water resources, which he claims are being hoarded to save a fish. Yes, a fish. Trump’s point was that California could fight fires more effectively if only the pumps were running and more water was available. He even threw in some colorful commentary about Newsom’s supposed incompetence, dubbing him part of the “Biden/Newscum Duo.” Subtle, right?
Newsom, predictably, wasn’t having it. His team fired back, breaking down the mechanics of water supply and firefighting in a way that practically screamed, “Trump doesn’t know what he’s talking about!”
According to Newsom’s office, the issue isn’t a lack of water but logistical challenges like pump station accessibility due to the fires. They even dismissed Trump’s claim of a water shortage as pure fiction, noting that Southern California has enough water for 40 million people for an entire year.
And yet, the back-and-forth escalated. Trump, never one to leave a feud unfinished, doubled down. Late at night, he posted a blistering message on Truth Social blaming Newsom for the fires and calling for his resignation. The language was peak Trump: dramatic, accusatory, and impossible to ignore.
Meanwhile, Newsom struck a contrasting tone in a CNN interview, speaking with Anderson Cooper about the human toll of the disaster. With homes reduced to ashes and lives lost, he criticized Trump’s approach as politicizing tragedy.
Instead, Newsom reserved his praise for President Biden, who toured a fire station in Los Angeles and provided federal support without wading into the blame game.
But here’s the thing: while both men duke it out on national platforms, Californians are the ones stuck in the middle. Over 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate. Entire neighborhoods are at risk, with 28,000 structures under threat and at least five lives already lost. The Palisades fire alone was enough to prompt Newsom’s state of emergency declaration, and it’s just one of many blazes consuming the state.