Trump Headlines Los Angeles GOP Fundraiser as Newsom Faults $1.5 Billion Wildfire Aid Delay
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Updated · Los Angeles Times · Aug 5
Trump Headlines Los Angeles GOP Fundraiser as Newsom Faults $1.5 Billion Wildfire Aid Delay
3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · Aug 5
Summary
Trump landed in Los Angeles on Tuesday and went straight to his Rancho Palos Verdes golf club for a closed Republican fundraiser, his second visit to the region in his second term.
More than two dozen protesters and about 15 counter-protesters gathered outside the club, while authorities disclosed the arrest of a Downey man found with ammunition at the course and a larger weapons cache at home.
Newsom used the visit to press Trump over wildfire aid, saying California has submitted more than $1.5 billion in FEMA reimbursement claims but received only $37 million so far.
Trump ignored the relief criticism and instead cast the trip as a political contrast with Democrats before heading to Las Vegas for an economy speech tied to the November midterms.
That message faces weak public sentiment: an AP-NORC poll found only 3 in 10 adults approve of Trump's economic handling and about 7 in 10 rate the economy as poor.