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BREAKING: President-Elect Trump Says Gavin Newsom Must Resign As Governor Amid Wildfires
Charlie Kirk Staff
01/09/2025
On Wednesday night, President-elect Donald Trump slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom, calling for his resignation due to what he described as a failure to respond to the devastating wildfires raging in Los Angeles.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground. It’s ashes and Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!”
He further said, “Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way.”
Trump continued, “He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is to blame for this. On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, no firefighting planes. A true disaster!”
Earlier in the day, as wildfires scorched thousands of acres in and around Los Angeles, Trump attributed the crisis to Newsom’s decision against approving a declaration that would have allowed more water to be diverted to fire-prone areas.
A resurfaced video from Trump’s first term in office circulated on social media Wednesday morning, showing the then-president urging Newsom to address forest management issues by clearing brush.
At the time, Trump said, “There’s been a lot of study going on over the last little while, and I will say I think you’re gonna have—hopefully this is going to be the last of these because this was a really, really bad one. And I know that Gavin’s committed, we’re all committed, I’m committed to make sure that all of this is cleaned out and protected. You gotta take care of the floors. You know, the floors of the forests, very important.”
