Donald Trump was greeted by California Governor Gavin Newsom as he arrived this afternoon at LAX for a tour of wildfire damage, with the two political rivals exchanging friendly greetings and vowing that they would work together.
“Nothing like this has happened, and we’re going to get it fixed, so we will get it permanently fixed so that it can never happen again,” Trump told reporters.
“We’re looking to get something completed, and the way you get it completed is to work together,” the president said. He said that the state would “need a lot of federal help,” then said to Newsom, “unless you don’t need any.”
“We’re going to need a lot of federal help,” Newsom said.
Earlier today, Trump said that he wanted to place conditions on federal aid for recovery. One is tied to his claim — denied by Newsom — that the state has shut off water flow from northern to southern California. The other is that the state adopt voter ID requirements, even though that has nothing to do with the wildfire disaster.
More to come.
