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221 Elon Musk and Donald Trump spread disinformation as wildfires rage in the LA area

The Verge
Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 01/09/2025 14:11 EDT

Elon Musk and Donald Trump spread disinformation as wildfires rage in the LA area

Photo by Apu Gomes / Getty Images


As fires rage across Los Angeles and tens of thousands flee their homes, the usual suspects have decided to blame the blazes on their political enemies. In a series of posts on Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump claimed firefighters’ inability to get the fires under control was due to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s water policies, including an effort to “protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!).” Mea

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