California governor Gavin Newsom hits out at ‘delusional’ Donald Trump
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Donald Trump has reposted a foul style meme on his Reality Social platform making mild of the Los Angeles wildfires.
The picture circulated by the president-elect replaces town’s well-known Hollywood signal with the phrase “Trump Was Right” because the hills round it burn, his newest criticism of California’s Democratic management because the blazes proceed to rage, having already torched greater than 40,000 acres and claimed at the least 24 lives.
Previous to that, Trump blamed “California pols” for failing to manage the wildfires, reviving his long-standing feud with state governor Gavin Newsom.
“The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out,” the president-elect wrote on Sunday.
“Thousands of magnificent houses are gone, and many more will soon be lost. There is death all over the place. This is one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our Country. They just can’t put out the fires. What’s wrong with them?”
In the meantime, Trump ally Steve Bannon has escalated his feud with billionaire Elon Musk, calling the latter “racist” and a “truly evil guy”, additionally pledging to “take this guy down” and take away him from the MAGA motion.
Justin Trudeau shuts down Trump’s ‘51st state’ threats: ‘Not going to happen’
Canada’s outgoing prime minister reiterated on Sunday that his nation wouldn’t surrender sovereignty and be part of the USA, the most recent surreal instance of a world chief being pressured to reply significantly to the unserious acknowledged aspirations of the incoming president and his allies.
“That’s not going to happen. It’s just a non-starter,” he instructed MSNBC’s Jen Psaki.
“Canadians are incredibly proud of being Canadian.”
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 11:50
California governor accuses Musk of ‘encouraging looting’ with deceptive LA fires declare
Yet another line on Newsom, who’s having to battle the unfold of misinformation in addition to the fires.
In his newest publish on X, Elon Musk’s personal platform, he accuses the tech boss of “encouraging looting” after the billionaire shared posts that claimed the politician had “decriminalized” it.
“Stop encouraging looting by lying and telling people it’s decriminalized. It’s not,” Newsom wrote in reply to one of many billionaire’s retweets.
“It’s illegal – as it always has been. Bad actors will be arrested and prosecuted.”
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 11:20
Will Trump go to Los Angeles?
The town’s mayor Karen Bass mentioned over the weekend she had had “a positive response” from the president-elect’s camp about him paying a go to to the catastrophe zone to consolation the troubled, relatively than merely berating the official response from a protected distance, though no date has but been introduced.
Governor Newsom has in the meantime been persevering with to push again in opposition to Trump’s false claims about his state’s reservoirs, a style of what the following 4 years are more likely to be like for your complete world, if his first time period within the Oval Workplace was something to go by.
Right here’s some additional response from the governor to the “delusional” commander-in-chief.
Governor Gavin Newsom hits out at ‘delusional’ Donald Trump over wildfire criticism
California governor Gavin Newsom has hit at Donald Trump over his LA wildfire response claims, calling the president-elect “delusional”. Trump this week blamed Newsom for the wildfire disaster, claiming in a social media publish that he “refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water”. Responding to Trump, Newsom mentioned: “It‘s made up. It’s delusional… And it’s reinforced over and over and over within the right wing. And so it’s become gospel. And it’s so profoundly ignorant. And yet he absolutely believes it” The California governor made his comments when he appeared on the Pod Save America podcast on Saturday (11 January).
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 10:50
Trump’s Ukraine envoy units 100 days timeframe for ending conflict
Additionally talking to Fox Information yesterday, Keith Kellogg, the president-elect’s nominee as envoy to Ukraine rowed again on his boss’s repeated guarantees on the marketing campaign path to finish the conflict within the area “on day one”, giving himself a way more beneficiant timeframe.
Right here’s a useful montage of all of the instances Trump promised an immediate decision on the battle.
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 10:30
Vance says Biden left Trump a ‘dumpster fire’ and talks J6 pardons
The incoming VP additionally had some unkind phrases for Joe Biden throughout the identical interview.
He additionally recommended that these convicted of violent crimes throughout the Capitol riot may be excluded from Trump’s mass pardoning effort as soon as he enters the White Home.
Right here’s extra from John Bowden.
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 10:10
Trump and JD Vance blame ‘incompetent’ California management over wildfires
The president-elect himself blamed “California pols” for failing to manage the wildfires on Reality Social yesterday, reviving his long-standing feud with the state’s governor Gavin Newsom on the worst doable time.
“The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out,” Trump wrote on Sunday.
“Thousands of magnificent houses are gone, and many more will soon be lost. There is death all over the place. This is one of the worst catastrophes in the history of our Country. They just can’t put out the fires. What’s wrong with them?”
His vice president-elect was additionally at it, claiming a “serious lack of competent governance” was behind it in dialog with Shannon Bream on Fox Information Sunday.
Right here’s John Bowden with extra.
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 09:50
Steve Bannon manufacturers Elon Musk ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’ as MAGA civil conflict looms
Trump’s former White Home chief strategist turned Struggle Room podcaster Steve Bannon has escalated his feud with billionaire Elon Musk, calling the latter “racist” and a “truly evil guy”, additionally pledging to “take this guy down” and take away him from the MAGA motion.
Chatting with Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper, the previous Breitbart editor mentioned of Musk: “He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy. I made it my personal thing to take this guy down.
“Before, because he put money in, I was prepared to tolerate it – I’m not prepared to tolerate it any more.”
He added: “I will have Elon Musk run out of here by inauguration day.
“He will not have full access to the White House. He will be like any other person.”
Elon Musk and Steve Bannon (Getty/AFP)
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 09:30
Donald Trump shares unhealthy style LA wildfires meme on Reality Social
Right here’s how the incoming Chief of the Free World, 78, spent his Sunday night – sharing some extremely unpresidential and morbidly self-glorifying memes on social media because the residents of one among America’s most celebrated cities stay trapped in a state of waking nightmare.
The under are maybe extra run-of-the-mill for Trump however present an equally telling perception into his present mindset.
Joe Sommerlad13 January 2025 09:10
The Trumps are ‘in talks’ to purchase again their beloved D.C. resort
The household firm is now seeking to function a resort within the nation’s capital as Trump as soon as once more prepares to enter the White Home. The household continues to be within the Previous Submit Workplace Constructing, in response to The Journal.
Getting the rights to the resort again may value greater than $300 million, the paper famous.
Gustaf Kilander13 January 2025 07:00
Meet up with the Jack Smith report: Trump legal professionals scramble to dam ‘imminent’ launch
A federal appeals courtroom dominated final week that the Justice Division can launch a report on Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
However an order from a Trump-appointed briefly blocks Jack Smith report. Trump and his co-defendants within the Mar-a-Lago case are asking the decide to proceed to dam the report.
Ariana Baio13 January 2025 05:00
