Trump to visit California amid criticism for silence on fires

[CellarDweller]

Trump to visit California amid criticism for silence on fires


By CARLA MARINUCCI 09/12/2020

President Donald Trump will visit California Monday for a briefing with Gov. Gavin Newsom and emergency response officials on the wildfires, a White House official confirmed Saturday.

Trump will meet with local and federal fire and emergency response personnel during a trip to McClellan Park, a former air base just outside of the city of Sacramento, White House spokesman Judd Deere said in an email. The park is also the site the state fire agency has used to launch big firefighting planes.

"Since mid-August, President Trump and Governor Newsom have spoken by phone and the White House and FEMA have remained in constant contact with State and local officials throughout the response to these natural disasters,'' Deere said. "The President continues to support those who are battling raging wildfires in a locally-executed, state-managed, and federally-supported emergency response."

Deere noted that "the President has approved a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for California that began on August 14 for individual and public assistance."

https://www.politico.com/states/californ...es-1316683

[Pyromancer]

Back in November of 2019, Trump was criticizing the governor and threatening to cut off funding to fight the wildfires -

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...148812002/

[eastofeden]

I can't even comment on that man anymore. 

The Woodward tapes and the needless deaths define him forever now.

[CellarDweller]

Smoke from western wildfires reaches East Coast

John Bacon, USA TODAY - 09/15/2020

Intense smoke from historic wildfires that is filling the lungs of millions of Westerners is clouding skies across the nation.

AccuWeather meteorologist Matt Benz said you can draw a line from California through St. Louis and on to Norfolk, Virginia ”“ pretty much everyplace north of that line is looking at smoke-tainted skies. Areas south of that line see less smoke because of air coming up from the Gulf.

"Amazingly, that wildfire smoke has traveled thousands of miles and finally has reached the East," Benz told USA TODAY. "It looks like clouds, but it is smoke. And we are stuck with this until the weather pattern changes."

A weak cold front expected to sweep through much of the East in coming days probably won't be enough to clear the air, Benz warned.  The upside is that the smoke is so high in the Eastern sky that residents aren't breathing it.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/smoke-...r-BB1949DU