President Donald Trump on Sunday cryptically blamed the sweeping wildfires in California, that have killed at least 21 people, on “bad environment laws” and suggested that the state should cut down trees to prevent the fire spread.
California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean. Must also tree clear to stop fire spreading!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2018
It is unclear what exactly prompted the President’s tweets, but a few news outlets have suggested he might have been referring to a July 19 report from the Herald and News about Republicans’ efforts to change California’s water policies.
Care of @nycsouthpaw —> https://t.co/cLpNKHAGtF pic.twitter.com/CUcl9IyHPx
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) August 5, 2018
Axios also suggested Trump might have been referencing some endangered species protection policies.
Also the administration reminded us that up is down, the sky is purple, and to be sure to participate in this morning’s five minute hate.
The boy is madder than a hatter.
The water rights battle in the central valley is being fought by farmers who want to use it to irrigate in vast quantities. That hardly puts it at firefighters’ fingertips.
Oh, the futility of pointing out once again that our president is an idiot.
Pfft. No explanations are necessary when President Crazy Uncle starts up. He sees stuff on TV and starts blathering like someone asked his opinion. If the Large Hadron Collider were in the news he’d be breaking that down for everyone.