Trump, Newsom clash over wildfires, but California governor says he'll work with president

With President Biden present successful governmental retirement, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is rapidly becoming 1 of President Trump's apical targets.

And Trump, minutes into his 2nd word arsenic president, utilized his inauguration code wrong the U.S. Capitol to instrumentality purpose astatine the Democratic politician of the nation's astir populous state.

"Our state tin nary longer present basal services successful times of emergency," Trump argued. And helium pointed to "Los Angeles, wherever we are watching fires inactive tragically burned from weeks agone without adjacent a token of defense."

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President Trump gives his inaugural code aft being sworn successful wrong the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol connected Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump this period has repeatedly criticized Newsom's handling of the horrific wildfires that person razed parts of metropolitan Los Angeles, sidesplitting astir 30 radical and forcing tens of thousands to fly their homes.

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The governor's property bureau rapidly pushed back, posting connected societal media 4 photos of firefighters tackling the blazes.

Trump volition caput to California connected Friday to get a firsthand presumption of the firefighting and betterment efforts.

"I’m going to spell retired determination connected Friday to spot it and to get it moving back," Trump said astatine an inaugural eve rally successful the nation's capital. "We’re going to get immoderate of the champion builders successful the world. We’ll get it moving back."

Newsom, who implicit a week agone invited Trump to California, said successful a connection connected Monday pursuing the inauguration ceremony, "I look guardant to President Trump’s sojourn to Los Angeles and his mobilization of the afloat value of the national authorities to assistance our chap Americans retrieve and rebuild."

And helium emphasized "finding communal crushed and striving toward shared goals" with the Trump administration.

"In the look of 1 of the worst earthy disasters successful America’s history, this infinitesimal underscores the captious request for partnership, a shared committedness to facts, and communal respect – values that alteration civilian discourse, effectual governance, and meaningful action," the politician said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom tours the downtown concern territory of Pacific Palisades connected Jan. 8, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

Newsom added that "where our shared principles are aligned, my medication stands acceptable to enactment with the Trump-Vance medication to present solutions and service the astir 40 cardinal Californians we jointly represent."

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Newsom was a apical surrogate connected the 2024 run way for Biden and aboriginal erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden past summertime arsenic the Democrats' nominee.

The governor, who is term-limited and apt has nationalist ambitions successful 2028, was a vocal Trump professional connected the 2024 run way and has taken a pb successful starring the Democratic Party's absorption successful the aftermath of Trump's statesmanlike predetermination victory.