Farmers Plead ‘Stop Our Fields Flooding’ as Trump Opens Dams
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Trump gloated Friday about sending billions of gallons of water to southern California.

Summary

California officials warned that Trump’s order to release massive amounts of water nearly caused severe flooding for farmers.

Trump boasted about the move, claiming it would help fight wildfires, but experts said the water couldn’t reach affected areas, which are over 200 miles away.

The Army Corps of Engineers initially planned to release water at maximum capacity but scaled back after urgent pushback.

Experts warned the water could have been better used months later for irrigation.

  • thefluffiest@feddit.nl
    114·
    15 hours ago

    I think he has no idea what he is doing, and he has dismantled all the guardrails.

    He knows exactly what he’s doing, or at least, someone else proposed this and explained it to him. What he is doing is: ruin Californias agriculture. This water would’ve been needed in summer, when the place runs dry.

    So come August, chances are, California agriculture is withering on the vine with no way to water it. At which point Orange Führer will blame the state government, just like he did with the wildfires. CA will suffer politically and economically, which is the real goal here.

    • fadingembersEnglish
      13·
      10 hours ago

      It’s so fucked that someone willingly followed the order to release the water. I’m sure it won’t be the last time

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      44·
      15 hours ago

      Which in turn we devastate all the red states because California is largest tax payers in the country. Those taxes help the red states. So by destroying California economy he fucks over all of America. Well they voted for it so let them suffer. Just wish rest of us didn’t have to suffer too.

      • Pollo_Jack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        22 minutes ago

        They’ll just up the debt and blame dems again or say we have to implement austerity for the good of the country.

      • thefluffiest@feddit.nl
        35·
        14 hours ago

        Sure, but as long as he and his oligarch bros get away with blaming Dems, DEI, China or whatever, it’s just another piece of red meat for the gullible

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
        10·
        13 hours ago

        The American government is not funded by taxes. It spends new money, then it collects taxes to stave off inflation. Trump doesn’t need a single cent from California to shower red states with dollars if and when he wants to. If you think California failing would hurt red states in some way, it has to be a real, non-financial effect. E.g. of red states important Californian food which can’t be grown because of X or Y.