Trump Says Military ‘Turned on the Water’ in California, Although State Disputes It

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The president said that he used ‘emergency powers’ to make it happen.

President Donald Trump on Monday evening wrote on social media that the U.S. military, under his direction, turned on water supplies in California following devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and Southern California, although state officials have since said otherwise.

“The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

“The days of putting a Fake Environmental Argument, over the PEOPLE, are OVER. Enjoy the water, California!!!”

In what appears to be a response to Trump’s statement, state officials said that federal officials turned on a federal water-pumping facility in Northern California after a three-day maintenance period, adding that water resources in the southern part of the state are abundant.

“The military did not enter California,” California’s Department of Water Resources wrote on social media platform X at around 1 a.m. ET on Tuesday. “The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful.”

It also included an image of a canal used for irrigating crops, commonly seen throughout California’s Central Valley.

Since taking office last week, Trump has signed executive orders targeting California’s wildfire management and water situation, just weeks after he criticized state officials and California Gov. Gavin Newsom over how they responded to devastating wildfires that ravaged through areas in northern Los Angeles earlier this month.

“The recent deadly and historically destructive wildfires in Southern California underscore why the State of California needs a reliable water supply and sound vegetation management practices in order to provide water desperately needed there, and why this plan must immediately be reimplemented,” the president wrote last week in an order.

Trump, in comments to the media and in statements posted on the White House website, has also made reference to hydrants in Los Angeles that were dry during the peak of those wildfires. Then-President Joe Biden confirmed on Jan. 9 that there was a lack of water supply because power stations were intentionally shut down during high winds that may have caused more fires.

By Jack Phillips

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