"We’re looking to get something completed, and the way you get it completed is to work together. He’s the governor of the state, and we’re going to get it completed; they’re going to need a lot of federal help," Trump said.
With the fires still burning, the timing and the Santa Ana winds have turned the governor into the first test case for how Democrats and others whom Trump perceives as political opponents manage relationships that tend to start with the personal and petty, wend through misinformation, and rarely evolve into more.
Firefighters battle with the fire at the fire scene. The Gilman Fire began bs2best at the La Jolla community of San Diego, California, on January 23rd around 2 PM, burning approximately three acres of land. The San Diego Fire Department, along with assistance from neighboring city fire departments, responded swiftly and managed to control the wildfire within an hour. As a precaution, an evacuation order was issued, and the San Diego Police Department temporarily shut down Gilman Drive to ensure public safety. (Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
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"Part of working with Trump and his administration is managing his ego and the political jabs, but ultimately we have work to do and a responsibility to Californians," Alex Padilla, the state’s senior senator and a Newsom ally, told CNN.
Amid outrage about water management decisions leading up to the fire, Newsom has made himself an impromptu fire commandant, putting in long hours over 12 of the last 15 days in the mobile operations center, to the point that aides have noted that he keeps showing up wearing the same
With the fires still burning, the timing and the Santa Ana winds have turned the governor into the first test case for how Democrats and others whom Trump perceives as political opponents manage relationships that tend to start with the personal and petty, wend through misinformation, and rarely evolve into more.
Firefighters battle with the fire at the fire scene. The Gilman Fire began bs2best at the La Jolla community of San Diego, California, on January 23rd around 2 PM, burning approximately three acres of land. The San Diego Fire Department, along with assistance from neighboring city fire departments, responded swiftly and managed to control the wildfire within an hour. As a precaution, an evacuation order was issued, and the San Diego Police Department temporarily shut down Gilman Drive to ensure public safety. (Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
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Trump says California’s mismanagement of forests and water is to blame for wildfires. Here’s the reality.
"Part of working with Trump and his administration is managing his ego and the political jabs, but ultimately we have work to do and a responsibility to Californians," Alex Padilla, the state’s senior senator and a Newsom ally, told CNN.
Amid outrage about water management decisions leading up to the fire, Newsom has made himself an impromptu fire commandant, putting in long hours over 12 of the last 15 days in the mobile operations center, to the point that aides have noted that he keeps showing up wearing the same