California officials deny Trump's claim that US military 'turned on the water' in state
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Source: The Guardian/AP
Tue 28 Jan 2025 19.05 EST
California water officials said this week there’s no truth to Donald Trump’s assertion that the US military has entered California and “turned on the water”.
Trump’s comments, made on Monday on his social media platform Truth Social, are the latest in a series of remarks he’s made and actions he’s taken related to the state’s water policy following devastating wildfires that ripped through the Los Angeles area this month. He’s often offering an incomplete or incorrect assessment of the state’s water policies or tying together unrelated issues.
“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 Republican president wrote. “The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, over the PEOPLE, are OVER. Enjoy the water, California!!!”
The California department of water resources said in a post on Twitter/X that the “military did not enter California”. “The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days,” the agency posted. “State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/california-wildfires-trump-military-claims
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