Add this story to the ‘Trump was proper once more’ pile.
Simply three months in the past, when Trump appeared on the Joe Rogan Podcast, he talked to Joe in regards to the ongoing difficulty of water dispersal in California and about how the state might cease wildfires by clearing lifeless bushes from forests.
He advised that the state truly has greater than sufficient water to cope with these and different points akin to farming, however progressive environmental insurance policies are standing in the best way.
Transcript through the American Presidency Project:
TRUMP:—Los Angeles, you may’t get correct quantities of water and it’s unbelievably costly, and also you might need a home in Beverly Hills, and so they’re truly fascinated with rationing water. Are you able to imagine it?
ROGAN: I might imagine it. I used to dwell there.
TRUMP: I used to be, I used to be within the farm nation with a number of the congressmen. We’re driving up a freeway and I say, “How come all this land is so barren?” It’s farmland and it regarded horrible. It was simply brown and dangerous. I stated, “However there’s at all times that little nook that’s so inexperienced and exquisite.” They stated, “We have now no water.” I stated, “Do you have got a drought?” “No, we don’t have a drought.” I stated, “Why don’t you don’t have any water?” As a result of the water isn’t allowed to movement down. It’s acquired a pure movement from Canada all the best way up north of water, extra water than they might ever use. And with the intention to shield a tiny little fish, the water up north will get routed into the Pacific Ocean. Tens of millions and thousands and thousands of gallons of water will get poured…
TRUMP: You may have all the water you want, all of that land would have extra water. The entire thing could possibly be like that little patch. Actually, actually I’d say—I used to be with Devin Nunes, a congressman and different congressmen, we had been going up. I used to be visiting them as a result of they requested me to go up and go to their territory and I did. However I stored saying, “Have a look at this land. It’s lovely, however it’s so dry.” And I assumed they had been going by means of like a desert like a drought. They stated, “No, we have now water, however it will get—” So I regarded into it.
ROGAN: What’s the fish?
TRUMP: And I acquired it achieved. I acquired it achieved. I might have water for all of that land, water on your forests. you understand, Your forests are dry as a bone, okay?
ROGAN: Yeah. Harmful.
TRUMP: That water could possibly be routed. you understand, You may have every thing. Not solely harmful, billions of {dollars} a 12 months they spend on forest fires. And you understand, there’s a case with the surroundings. They’re not allowed to rake their forests since you’re not allowed to the touch it. When a tree falls down, after 18 months it turns into very dry. It’s like you understand, actual firewood. It’s dangerous.
Right here’s the clip:
Donald Trump was mocked for sounding the alarm on the California water/hearth disaster throughout his interview with Joe Rogan.
Seems, he was proper.
Trump spent practically 7 minutes ranting in regards to the difficulty, blasting Newsom for doing nothing to repair the issue.
Trump particularly… pic.twitter.com/zSls82byPo
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 8, 2025
Trump was proper, however the ordinary suspects couldn’t permit Trump to be proper.
Throughout Donald Trump’s first time period, he tried to extend water diversions on federal land to assist California’s water provide.
The State of California and varied environmental teams sued him and received.
As soon as once more, proudly owning the orange man took precedence over defending individuals.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 8, 2025
And now we see the actual impression of all of this as California is battling the worst fires in a era and their hearth hydrants are empty. It’s insanity.