California is no longer part of the United States. We are a colony from which Donald Trump’s America extracts money and resources. Our job is to worship Trump or suffer.
REPORTER: You talk about condition being placed on aid to California, voter ID and the like. Are there any conditions you’re gonna put on aid to North Carolina?
TRUMP: We’re gonna do a lot for North Carolina
R: So no conditions?
T: Well, in CA I have a condition. We want them… pic.twitter.com/Wy9gunCchC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 24, 2025
REPORTER: You talk about condition being placed on aid to California, voter ID and the like. Are there any conditions you’re gonna put on aid to North Carolina?
TRUMP: We’re gonna do a lot for North Carolina
R: So no conditions?
T: Well, in CA I have a condition. We want them to have voter ID
He is also demanding the Newsom opens “the valve.”
In case you were wondering…
“I want to see two things in Los Angeles. Voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state. After that, I will be the greatest president that California has ever seen.”
Trump on disaster aid to California: "I want to see two things in Los Angeles. Voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state. After that, I will be the greatest president that… pic.twitter.com/JLsFicyyes
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 24, 2025
Come on honey. Let me do it to you just this once. Then I promise I’ll buy you something really nice.
Update —
FINALLY! The NY Times has an excellent explainer on the California water situation. Gift link here. Maybe the cable newsers and others will be able to explain it to Americans.