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Speaking to reporters after shaking Newsom’s hand, Trump said, “I appreciate the governor coming to meet with me.”
“We want to fix it,” he continued, telling Newsom that the fallout looks “like you got hit by a bomb.”
Newsom, whom Trump has nicknamed “Newscum,” then thanked Trump for coming to visit and told him, “We’re going to need your support, we’re going to need your help.”
“You were there for us during Covid, I don’t forget that, and I have every expectation that we will be able to work together to achieve this speedy recovery,” Newsom continued.
Trump then toured the ruins of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood with his wife Melania and later attended a roundtable with local leaders, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. He promised to sign an executive order that would pump water from the north of the state to the south.
He briefly feuded with Mayor Bass after she said residents should be patient because cleanup crews need time to remove “hazardous waste,” such as toxic ash from things like lead, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and asbestos, before they can return. to their homes.
“What is hazardous waste? I mean, you’re going to have to define that,” Trump said, adding, “I just think you have to allow people to go to their site and start the process tonight.”
New fires, named Laguna, Sepúlveda, Gibbel, Gilman and Border 2, broke out Thursday in Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura and Riverside counties, all in Southern California.
Firefighters have made progress to control the 10,000-acre Hughes Fire in Los Angeles, containing it 79% since it broke out on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.
Fires have devastated the US state in recent weeks, with the Palisades and Eaton fires burning a combined total of more than 37,000 acres and killing at least 28 people. Several neighborhoods have been razed, leaving more than 10,000 homes and businesses in ashes.
