Farmers Plead 'Stop Our Fields Flooding' as Trump Opens Dams

Source: The Daily Beast

Farmers Plead ‘Stop Our Fields Flooding’ as Trump Opens Dams

Trump gloated Friday about sending billions of gallons of water to southern California.

Liam Archacki
Breaking News Intern

Updated Feb. 2 2025 3:02AM EST
Published Feb. 1 2025 5:45PM EST

Officials in California have revealed that President Donald Trump nearly flooded the region’s farms when his administration tried to send an excessive amount of water south, a feat he bragged about on Friday.

“Today, 1.6 billion gallons and, in 3 days, it will be 5.2 billion gallons. Everybody should be happy about this long fought Victory!” Trump gloated in a Truth Social post.

Over the last month, the president has often pushed for more water to be directed to southern California to help fight the fires that have devastated the area.

Behind the scenes on Friday, though, officials told Politico that they had to talk down the Army Corps of Engineers after they were alerted on short notice about a sudden—and excessive—influx of water.

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