Trump addresses Los Angeles wildfires with state and local officials | Raw | California Wildfires

President Trump addressed the Los Angeles wildfires with state and local officials in Pacific Palisades. They discussed rebuilding, water and forest thinning.

While the president emphasized his desire to help North Carolina, a battleground state that's voted for him in all of his presidential campaigns, he was much less generous toward California, where he arrived to visit wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles later in the day.

Trump was greeted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Trump critic whom the president frequently disparages. The duo chatted amiably and gestured toward working collaboratively.

“We're going to need your support. We're going to need your help," Newsom told Trump. “You were there for us during COVID. I don't forget that, and I have all the expectations we’re going to be able to work together.”

Newsom has praised Trump before when looking for help from the federal government. In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, he called Trump “thoughtful” and “collaborative.”

Before leaving North Carolina, Trump reiterated that he wants to extract concessions from the Democratic-led state in return for disaster assistance, including changes to water policies and requirements that voters need to show identification when casting ballots.

Beyond Trump's criticism of FEMA, he's suggested limiting the federal government's role in responding to disasters, echoing comments from conservative allies who have proposed reducing funding and responsibility.

“I’d like to see the states take care of disasters," he said after landing in the Asheville area. “Let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all of the other things that happen.”

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