Trumps claims that the army entered California to let go of water flow but the state says that did not happen
President Donald Trump They claimed on Monday night that the army entered California and “turned water”, but state -owned water officials claim that the president’s request was false.
“The United States army has just entered the great state of California and, under emergencies, included water that flowed abundantly from the Pacific northwest, and beyond,” Trump wrote about the truth of Social.
“The days of bringing a false argument for the environment, they are over people. Enjoy the water, California !!!” He added.
But the California Water Resources Department replied that the army never entered Golden State and that the state still has many water resources.
“The army did not enter California,” the department said on the X. “The federal government has re -launched federal water pumps after being off the net for three days. The state water supply of water in southern California remains abundant.”
The State Senate of Pro Tem Mike McGuire, Democrat, also pushed himself against Trump’s post.
“First, shocking, the water from the Pacific northwest is not flowing into the central valley,” McGuire said to X. “Second, the federal water pumps have decreased to repair and have now returned. Third, be sure, the army did not fall in Delta.
This comes after Trump issued an executive command that directed several federal agencies, including the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Security, to determine how to deliver more water South California And the central valley, because the state responds to the fires that passed through the Los Angeles area this month.
Trump said on Friday that two conditions must be fulfilled in California before the Federal Government offers assistance in disasters. He said that he wanted the legislators to approve the legislation of voter identification and that water delivery should be increased from northern California to the drought areas in the south.
“I want to see two things in Los Angeles. Id voters, so people have the opportunity to vote, and I want to see the water released and come down to Los Angeles and in the whole country,” Trump told North of Carolina as he visited the efforts to recover a hurricane in that country. “These are two things. After that, I’ll be the greatest president who has ever seen California.”
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Trump visited Los Angeles on Friday to look at fire damage and meet with local officials and residents.
Republicans in Congress suggested to bind the fire with increasing debt limit or change in the California policy relief of fire.