Trump Threatens Newsom With Withholding Wildfire Aid Over Water

Former President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to withhold federal aid to fight wildfires in California if Gov. Gavin Newsom does not alter a government policy that protects an endangered species of fish.

Speaking from his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday Trump said, “This is my favorite question of the day,” when asked what he would do about California wildfires.

The former president cited environmental regulations that have redirected waters away from the interior in an effort to conserve certain species which environmentalist claim are crucial to the health of the state’s ecosystem.  

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