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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump: "I invaded Los Angeles and we opened up the water and the water is now flowing down... We broke in to do it."
Aaron Rupar post with video on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lkbpeiodkb2o

ananda
(31,334 posts)Just crazy insane.
highplainsdem
(54,779 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(159,918 posts)trump's stunt was incredibly stupid
Link to tweet
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcalifornia/article/trump-california-reservoir-dump-kaweah-success-20209496.php
When it happened, the late-January release of around 2.2 billion gallons from California reservoirs already seemed strange, ill-advised and abrupt. But a new report from the Washington Post paints an even bleaker picture.
Its now clear that Army Corps officials knew that the sudden dam releases wouldnt help Southern California, per the Posts Friday piece, which featured information from an internal memo. But they dumped the water anyway.
The memo was written four days after the releases by Col. Chad W. Caldwell, commander of the Army Corps Sacramento District, the Post reported. According to the outlet, he wrote that on the afternoon before releases began, federal and state water officials told him, It would take more time for them to activate their systems and they likely could not utilize the additional water with such short notice.
Per the Post, he also wrote in the memo that the water from the two reservoirs could not be delivered to Southern California directly, but that the releases were aimed at following Trumps executive order.
clevergrrrl
(45 posts)double whammy. we know Trump hates California. He wants them to suffer.
misanthrope
(8,566 posts)He merely says whatever comes to mind in the moment to serve whatever short-term purpose is right in front of him. Then sticks by it until it becomes more advantageous to say something else. It isn't so much built on belief of a fact as his realization that he will never be called to account for his untruths. There's no disincentive.
jeffreyi
(2,314 posts)Even more than usual.
It seems that at least a couple of the cult members have to be noticing.
jeffreyi
(2,314 posts)These little boy basement gamer incel bros should have been arrested. This must be the "breaking in" twitler is spewing about.
"Musks DOGE whiz kids flew to California to try and release water themselves during LA fires"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/musk-doge-california-water-wildfires-b2711228.html
Initech
(104,181 posts)By the way, my brother is in water management in Central California. He said if you really want to fuck with people, start messing with their water supply.
What Trump did was dangerous and reckless, he destroyed the water supply that was being reserved for summer. This was all just to satisfy the Fox News voices in his head.
Shambala
(133 posts)Fortunately significantly less water was released than originally planned to avoid flooding farmlands and that the water was allowed to percolate underground to replenish the areas groundwater so didn't totally go to waste.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-13/trump-army-corps-dam-water-dumped
It was cavalier and an extremely high-risk decision, and wasteful, said Ann Willis, California regional director of American Rivers, a nonprofit environmental organization."
"To intentionally create a situation where that could have been the outcome, its depraved and mind-blowing, Willis said.
(Denise England county official who manages the local flood control district) said she was puzzled by a decision that made no sense.
We were just scratching our heads. What is happening here? England said. Because everyone knew the water wouldnt be transported to L.A., she said, it was just creating a problem locally.
DET
(1,901 posts)God, he is such a f*cking moron. Either he really is that stupid or he has dementia. I dont care anymore; just make it stop!