Trump bashed California’s water system. Then DOGE paid a visit

 

from Politico

The Department of Government Efficiency paid California’s water-delivery infrastructure a visit on Monday following President Donald Trump’s withering criticism of the system.

DOGE officials visited the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water pumps in Northern California and said they’d worked with the agency to increase water deliveries south, as Trump has been pushing California to do.

“Congratulations to the Administration and DOI’s Bureau of Reclamation for more than doubling the Federally pumped water flowing toward Southern California in < 72 hours,” the agency posted on X on Tuesday morning. Was an honor for the DOGE team to work with you. Great job!”

The pumps, which move water south from California’s wetter northern region, are federally owned and operated. California officials said late Monday that they had been down for maintenance. They also said Trump did not send the military into the state to “turn on the water,” as Trump claimed in a social media post.

“The military did not enter California,” California’s state Department of Water Resources posted on X after 10 p.m. Pacific time. “The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful.”...

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Trump says he may withhold federal aid for Los Angeles if California doesn't change water policies

(The reasoning behind this is simple: Big Agrabusiness in southern California have drained the aquifers and are using way too much water for the area. Everyone else is screwed. They already get water from surrounding states but they want more for their crops so Big Business Sycophant TrumpyBear is trying to force the state of California to reroute the water from the north down to Big Business in the south so they can drain them as well. Its fucking sick. Just let the greedy business owners suck all the life and water out of the entire state. But he wont say it that way. Instead he makes up bullshit about fish or some other idiotic crap his troglodyte followers can latch their sub-60 IQ brains on. The reason southern Cali is running out of water and on restrictions is because Big Business sucks so much out of the ground for their profit margins. That's a fact.)

from OPB

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal disaster aid for wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles unless California leaders change the state’s approach on its management of water.

In a Fox News interview, Trump repeated false claims that the state’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas. He says the blame for Los Angeles' struggles to tame some of the deadly fires lies with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a political foe who has called for partnership and mutual respect as the state fights the blazes.

“I don’t think we should give California anything until they let the water run down,” Trump said.

The president leveled the threat as he prepares for the first presidential trip of his second term. On Friday, he will visit Southern California in addition to western North Carolina, which is recovering after Hurricane Helene pummeled the area more than three months ago.

Trump in the interview also called for reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, claiming it is “getting in the way of everything.”

“I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” he said. He did not elaborate on his proposed reforms, only saying that the agency is “going to be a whole big discussion very shortly.”...

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