IS THIS FAT, STEAMING PIECE OF SHIT SERIOUS????? 
Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to withhold funding for California unless the state takes measures to improve its forest management to prevent wildfires.
"Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest (sic) fires that, with proper Forrest (sic) Management, would never happen," Trump tweeted.
"Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money," he added, calling it a "disgraceful situation in lives & money."
Trump later retweeted the statement with "forest" correctly spelled.
FEMA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Hill has also reached out to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office for comment.
FEMA falls under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is currently without funding amid a partial government shutdown that has lasted 19 days and counting.
The president has repeatedly blamed the recent deadly forest fires in California on poor forest management, despite local officials indicating that climate change has worsened the impacts of the disasters.
Wildfires ravaged the state in 2018, with the Camp Fire in Northern California killing at least 85 people and destroying thousands of buildings. The wildfire was the deadliest in the state's history, and racked up an overall damage cost of $16.5 billion, according to reinsurance firm Munich Re.
As the Camp Fire raged in November, Trump threatened to withhold federal payments to the state unless officials addressed forest management. The president ultimately issued a disaster declaration for California that freed up federal funding.
Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to withhold funding for California unless the state takes measures to improve its forest management to prevent wildfires.
"Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest (sic) fires that, with proper Forrest (sic) Management, would never happen," Trump tweeted.
"Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money," he added, calling it a "disgraceful situation in lives & money."
Trump later retweeted the statement with "forest" correctly spelled.
FEMA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Hill has also reached out to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office for comment.
FEMA falls under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is currently without funding amid a partial government shutdown that has lasted 19 days and counting.
The president has repeatedly blamed the recent deadly forest fires in California on poor forest management, despite local officials indicating that climate change has worsened the impacts of the disasters.
Wildfires ravaged the state in 2018, with the Camp Fire in Northern California killing at least 85 people and destroying thousands of buildings. The wildfire was the deadliest in the state's history, and racked up an overall damage cost of $16.5 billion, according to reinsurance firm Munich Re.
As the Camp Fire raged in November, Trump threatened to withhold federal payments to the state unless officials addressed forest management. The president ultimately issued a disaster declaration for California that freed up federal funding.
