Trump: “Enjoy the water, California!”
Trump Uses Emergency Powers to Send U.S. Military into California and Provide Water: “The Days of Putting a Fake Environmental Argument, over on the PEOPLE, are OVER.”
Jordan Conradson, Gateway Pundit, Jan. 27, 2025
(https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/breaking-trump-uses-emergency-powers-send-u-s/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily)
President Trump announced on Monday night that the United States Military has entered California amid ongoing wildfires to render assistance with turning on the water.
For weeks, the fires have burned across Los Angeles County, forcing evacuations, destroying more than 16,200 structures, and killing at least 29 people as of Monday.
“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,” the President said on Truth Social. “The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, over on the PEOPLE, are OVER.”
This comes after President Trump signed an executive order Friday titled “Emergency Measures to Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas.”
“For weeks, residents of the Los Angeles area have watched raging fires consume their homes, belongings, beloved pets, and childhood memories. Almost immediately, firefighters were unable to fight the blaze due to dry hydrants, empty reservoirs, and inadequate water infrastructure. Today, at least 28 people have lost their lives and thousands more have lost everything else, with some damage estimates calculating hundreds of billions of dollars in damage,” the order states.
The order further notes that the fire has affected the entire nation, and therefore, “it is in the Nation’s interest to ensure that California has what it needs to prevent and fight these fires and others in the future.”
“It is the policy of the United States to provide Southern California with necessary water resources, notwithstanding actively harmful State or local policies. And it is the policy of the United States to assist Americans in disaster areas through responsive policies that more effectively empower them to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.”
The Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture are ordered to “expeditiously take all measures, consistent with all applicable authorities, to ensure adequate water resources in Southern California.” The section granting this authority calls for “overriding disastrous California policies.”
Democrat state and local government leaders left critical aquifers empty, causing local firefighters to lose water and leaving the wildfires near-unstoppable. Despite having abundant access to water, the California Democrats have flushed annual water flow into the ocean to save a tiny endangered fish called the Delta Smelt, which they can’t even find in its natural habitat. Because of these radical environmentalist policies, 29 Americans have died, and thousands have lost their homes and livelihoods.
This is why Trump sent in the military to save the day and force California to provide water to the residents and firefighters of Los Angeles instead of dumping it into the ocean.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump also visited Los Angeles, California on Friday and called out Democrat Mayor Karen Bass for the city’s sluggish response and incompetence in allowing evacuated residents to return and rebuild their homes after the devastating wildfires. Trump criticized Mayor Bass for not promptly utilizing her emergency powers to expedite residents’ return to their properties and commence rebuilding efforts.
President Trump made the announcement late Monday night, telling residents of the Golden State, “Enjoy the water, California!!!”