Chuck Todd: Rebuilding Los Angeles will (and should) be a national priority

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : But the opportunity to basically co-opt Trump via flattery and potential Olympic glory (the president who helped save the Olympics for L.A.!) is staring everyone in the face.
56% : The smart civic leaders in California will realize that Trump, who will be president when the Games begin in 2028, will be open to helping if his ego is massaged just the right way.
52% : In other words, if I were an outgoing vice president and former senator from California, I might skip running for any office in 2026 (especially governor) and instead focus on using my influence and skill set to lead a public-private commission focused on rebuilding in the region and making the state more resilient to fires.
45% : Ultimately, I'm confident Republicans in places that have been hit by their own recent disasters won't all decide to punish California, since they know they'll be judged locally by whether they could effectively harness federal government resources to help rebuild stricken areas in their states, be it Florida coastline or washed-out mountain roads in North Carolina.
38% : Despite the noise Trump is manufacturing regarding competency issues among Los Angeles-area and California leaders, he isn't going to be judged on how many likes his social media posts get.
38% : Now, I understand why: Some of the internet attacks are absurd, and the rumors about what could have been done (like moving all this water from the north to help the south, as Trump has been posting on social media) are more far-fetched than average folks realize.
20% : As some Republicans in Congress talk about imposing conditions on relief money to California, Donald Trump is using his pre-inauguration bully pulpit to repeatedly blame the destruction on California Democrats.

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