President Donald Trump will visit California Monday for a briefing with Gov. Gavin Newsom and emergency response officials on the wildfires, a White House official confirmed Saturday. Trump will meet with local and federal fire and emergency response personnel during a trip to McClellan Park, a former air base just outside of the city of Sacramento, White House spokesman Judd Deere said in an email. The park is also the site the state fire agency has used to launch big firefighting planes. "Since mid-August, President Trump and Governor Newsom have spoken by phone and the White House and FEMA have remained in constant contact with State and local officials throughout the response to these natural disasters,'' Deere said. "The President continues to support those who are battling raging wildfires in a locally-executed, state-managed, and federally-supported emergency response." Deere noted that "the President has approved a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for California that began on August 14 for individual and public assistance."The president and his administration continue to monitor and provide federal support for wildfires damaging states across the West including Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, he added. Trump's visit comes amid criticism that he'd failed to mention the Western wildfires for more than three weeks, until Friday night, when he made a reference to the disasters publicly...MORE
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