Governor Gavin Newsom brushed off the president's criticism: 'You don't believe in climate change. You are excused from this conversation.'
In this file photo taken on October 21, 2019 US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House in Washington, DC. Picture: Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Over the past two weeks, fires have ravaged nearly 100,000 acres in the sprawling western state, where firefighters on Sunday were battling the Maria Fire, about 100 kilometres northwest of Los Angeles. Newsom, responding on Twitter, brushed off Trump’s criticism in a terse 12 words: “You don’t believe in climate change. You are excused from this conversation.”
The president has on several occasions openly questioned the scientific consensus that human activity causes changes in the climate, and notably the drought that has contributed to the California fires.
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