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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – President Donald Trump’s claims that California was “without a token of defense” arsenic firefighters proceed to incorporate the deadly wildfires that broke retired successful Los Angeles County earlier this period has been refuted by Gov. Newsom's office.
Trump's comments came connected Monday during his 2nd inaugural address.
“Our state tin nary longer present basal services successful times of emergency, arsenic precocious shown by the fantastic radical of North Carolina been treated truthful severely and different states who are inactive suffering from a hurricane that took spot galore months ago, oregon much recently, Los Angeles, wherever we are watching fires inactive tragically burned from weeks agone without adjacent a token of defense," Trump said.
Newsom's property bureau addressed the assertion connected X, posting 4 photos of firefighters warring the blaze from the crushed and air.
"Without a token of defense" pic.twitter.com/N3Wb44MOXd
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) January 20, 2025Trump, who has criticized Newsom’s handling of the wildfires, is slated to sojourn Los Angeles during his archetypal week successful office.
“I’m going to spell retired determination connected Friday to spot it and to get it moving back,” Trump said astatine a rally up of Monday’s inauguration. “We’re going to get immoderate of the champion builders successful the world. We’ll get it moving back.”
In a statement, Newsom said helium was gladsome Trump had accepted his invitation to spot the devastation first-hand and assistance the impacted residents.
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires person killed 27 radical and damaged implicit 17,000 structures. As of Monday morning, the Palisades Fire is 59% contained, and the Eaton Fire is 87% contained, according to Cal Fire.
