Newsom invites Trump to California to see L.A. fire damage
LA TimesGavin Newsom wants President-elect Donald Trump to come to California to see fire damage and meet with victims. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday inviting the incoming leader to California to meet with fire victims, survey the devastation in Los Angeles County and join him in thanking first responders. “Hundreds of thousands of Americans — displaced from their homes and fearful for the future — deserve to see all of us working in their best interests to ensure a fast recovery and rebuild.” Trump has been a vocal critic of Newsom since the fires began and blamed the governor and “his Los Angeles crew” for the disaster, though the Republican’s claim that a lack of water in Southern California led to a shortage for firefighters have been widely debunked. “It affects real people.” Trump previously traveled to California as president to survey fire damage after the Paradise fire in 2018 and a spate of wildfires in 2020.