MSNBC host Rachel Maddow whines about Trump's first week in the White House and the moment that made her lose it

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has taken contented with Donald Trump's archetypal week backmost successful the White House, bizarrely mocking his effect to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Speaking to Pod Save America big Jon Favreau, Maddow said she was perplexed by President Trump's insistance that California simply needed to 'turn connected the valve' to summation entree to h2o to assistance combat the fires.

California officials were slammed amid reports that firefighters ran retired of h2o and hydrants were adust arsenic they fought valiantly to incorporate simultaneous blazes tearing done affluent parts of Los Angeles.

President Trump has made respective cardinal enforcement orders since returning to powerfulness past week which person ruffled the feathers of left-wing commentators and celebrities.

But erstwhile Maddow was asked astir what she finds astir shocking astir his presidency truthful far, she bizarrely honed successful connected a remark helium made connected Truth Social astir the wildfires.

'You cognize what it was? It was the, successful the flurry of archetypal mates days of actions, determination was the worldly astir h2o successful California.

'Trump started benignant of elaborating connected it. There was an enforcement enactment astir it, but past helium besides started talking astir it, astir however we need, we request to crook the valve.

'He thinks that North is up and that there's a h2o tower, similar it's a New York building. And if you conscionable crook the valve, past down gets the water.'

Trump shared to Truth Social this week that the subject 'entered the Great State of California and, nether Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER.'

He said arsenic a effect of the efforts 'turning connected the valve', h2o was present 'flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. 

'The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, implicit the PEOPLE, are OVER. Enjoy the water, California!!!'

Trump visited Los Angeles connected Friday aft repeatedly critisizing the state's occurrence response.

The 78-year-old president contends that there's a elephantine spigot that California needs to crook connected to bring h2o into the Los Angeles country from the north.

He said California authorities - including the state's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom - failed to bash that to sphere an endangered food called a Delta smelt. 

State officials worked swiftly to rebuke Trump, with California Governor Gavin Newsome insisting: 'There is nary h2o shortage successful Southern California close now, contempt Trump's claims that helium would unfastened immoderate imaginary spigot.'

Fox News's Jennifer Griffin aboriginal added: 'US defence officials archer maine they did not nonstop troops to 'turn connected the water' successful California, contempt President Trump's claims overnight.' 

 Then-President Joe Biden had explained that powerfulness outages had impacted immoderate hydrants. 

Some residents successful the Pacific Palisades person sued implicit the information that a 117-million-gallon reservoir built to assistance the country successful lawsuit of fires was offline during the blazes.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the reservoir had been drained aft a teardrop was found in the reservoir’s floating screen past January. 

Work to repair the screen hadn't been completed by the clip Palisades occurrence ripped done the country earlier this month. 

Maddow besides referred to a infinitesimal successful Trump's run successful which helium was 'riffing a batch connected the trouble of washing his hairsbreadth and however galore times helium has to flush the toilet to marque what’s successful the toilet spell down the toilet.

'And I was realizing like, oh, we're gonna get the plumbing worldly again,' Maddow joked.

Maddow earlier compared Trump to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

The outspoken wide had been speaking astir Trump's caller January 6 pardons, saying: 'There are rumors circulating that Trump had wanted to bring his felons... each to the White House.

'That's the benignant of happening that astir apt sounded large astatine a Trump rally, astir apt sounded similar it was thing the radical wanted.

'You were stewing astir worldly similar this astatine a Trump rally, astatine 1 of your Fidel Castro, Castro-esque, you know, 3 and a fractional hr agelong rambly speeches.'