Trump tours fire-ravaged Los Angeles after chiding California, FEMA
The president has had harsh words for state and local leaders in California amid the deadly blazes. He recently suggested that federal aid could come with strings.
President Donald Trump visited California on Friday to view the devastation from wildfires that have ripped through the Los Angeles area and continue to wreak havoc, rolling back some of the harsh rhetoric about the state that he has used in recent days.
Landing on the tarmac in Los Angeles, Trump was greeted by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a frequent sparring partner with whom he struck a more conciliatory tone during brief remarks to reporters at the airport. A short distance away stood the remains of a fire-ravaged area that Trump now said looked like it “got hit by a bomb.”
“There can be no Golden Age without the Golden State,” Trump told the governor. “It’s a great state. It’s a fantastic place.”
Newsom told Trump, “We’re going to need your help.”
“You were there for us during COVID,” he said. "I don’t forget that, and I have all the expectations that we’ll be able to work together to get this speedy recovery.”
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