President Donald J. Trump visited
North Carolina and California yesterday in a sweep to survey the damage
of natural disasters on Joe Biden’s watch, who promptly did nothing.
During a roundtable meeting between the president and local California
leaders, Trump cooked them live, especially Los Angeles Mayor Karen
Bass, who got especially roasted. Trump was appalled about the time
projected to clean up the damage, noting that Bass also has emergency
powers. Trump wanted emergency crews to go in last night and start
clearing out the damage (via NY Post):
🚨 Trump just had a 1-on-1 exchange with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass regarding the wildfires.
This is so, so refreshing. Just watch.
TRUMP: Groups are saying they can't start [rebuilding] for 18 months.
MAYOR KAREN BASS: No. You can hold me to that.
TRUMP: 4 groups said… pic.twitter.com/aSL4B56hmy
President
Trump tangled with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Friday after touring
wildfire damage in America’s second-largest city — demanding she use her
“emergency powers” and allow residents to return to their homes to
rebuild.
[…]
“I just think you have to allow the people to
go on their site and start the process tonight,” Trump told the
Democratic mayor, who was seated next to him during a roundtable
discussion that included most of the area’s congressional delegation.
[…]
Bass protested that “we want people to be safe” — as residents shouted protests from across the room.
“I watched hundreds of people standing in front of their lots, and they’re not allowed to go in,” the president retorted.
“It’s
all burned. It’s gone, it’s done. Nothing’s going to happen… The people
are all over the place. They’re standing and they say… ‘We’re trying to
get a permit’, and the permit is going to take them, everybody said, 18
months,” Trump said.
“We can’t even see our homes right now!” a local woman shouted.
“You
have emergency powers, just like I do, and I’m exercising my emergency
powers. You have to exercise them also,” Trump scolded Bass.
“I did exercise them,” she insisted. “If individuals want to clear out their property, they can.”
JUST
IN: President Trump completely shuts up Democrat congressman Brad
Sherman after he tried defending FEMA, gets a loud round of applause.
Sherman: "If I could just defend FEMA for a little bit."
Trump: "Yea..."
Sherman: *Rambles about FEMA*
Trump: "The problem with FEMA is… pic.twitter.com/XvtE3T0u20
Last night, the LA County Director of Public Works Mark Pestrella told Palisades residents debris removal will take 18 months. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/6OSYsYeqY6
— Julie Hamill (@hamill_law) January 25, 2025
That’s
not exactly true. Also, everyone at that table should be fired,
recalled, or lose re-election. The LA Times reported that the water
systems needed repairs and upgrades since 2013. None of them were done.
Even liberal reporter Michael Tracey noted the ineptitude of the response:
Maybe most disturbing about these LA fires is that this is supposed to the middle of the Southern California "wet season"!
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 8, 2025
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