Even as firefighters in Southern California continue working to stop the flames, hundreds of thousands of people have already been forced from their homes, neighborhoods have been reduced to ash and authorities have reported at least 16 deaths. This is already projected to be the most costly wildfire outbreak in U.S. history. And with these fires still burning, we are facing important questions about how to mitigate and prevent disasters like this in the future.
The fact is leadership will need to confront a very complicated and challenging reality moving forward. But right now, that is not exactly what is happening. Instead, Donald Trump and his allies are injecting half-truths, misinformation, and flat out lies in some cases in order to score a version of political points, I suppose.
We saw something similar play out just this past October in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, when Trump repeatedly lied about FEMA spending disaster relief funds on migrants, which didn't happen, also baselessly claiming that the Biden administration was absent and incompetent in delivering aid.
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