
Fact-checking Trump's California wildfire criticism
Read full article: Fact-checking Trump's California wildfire criticismCNN Video(CNN) - As wildfires swept across California, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to criticize the state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, for the way his administration has handled the crises. California forest managementIn the first of his series of tweets, the President wrote "The Governor of California, @GavinNewsom, has done a terrible job of forest management. Must also do burns and cut fire stoppers...."Facts First: The recent fires in Southern California did not originate in forests, so blaming bad "forest management" misses the point. The President previously blamed poor forest management for California fires in 2018, shortly before he met then Lt. Gov. Trump has received criticism for casting sole blame on the state's forest management practices, since the federal government manages over half of California's forest land.
