President Donald Trump doubled-down on his call for better forest management while surveying wildfire damage in northern California with Gov. Jerry Brown and other officials.
“Other countries do it differently. It’s a whole different story,” Trump said Saturday, mentioning that Finland manages forests by “raking and cleaning things, and they don’t have any problem.”
Trump arrived in California earlier that day. As Trump’s motorcade entered Paradise, the sides of the road were filled with onlookers trying to catch a glimpse of the president while wearing masks to filter out the smoke that hung heavy in the air, CNN reported. Those gathered held up American flags and first responders saluted as Trump’s motorcade passed.
“Hopefully this is going to be the last of these because this was a really, really bad one,” Trump said surveying the damage in Paradise. “Right now, we want to take care of the people who have been so badly hurt.”...
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