Trump surveys Pacific Palisades devastation: 'It's incredible. It's really an incineration'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : " Read more: Trump criticizes L.A. fire response in inaugural address, plans to visit California Friday U.S. Sen. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), who was one of a group of congressmembers who invited the president to tour Los Angeles, said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he was glad Trump would see the fire damage.
58% : "In the spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines," Newsom said in a letter to Trump.
57% : After briefly speaking with Gov. Gavin Newsom on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport Friday afternoon, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump embarked on their tour of the destruction in Pacific Palisades, surveying neighborhoods by helicopter and foot.
56% : You were there for us during COVID -- I don't forget that -- and I have all the expectations that we'll be able to work together to get this speedy recovery," Newsom said to Trump.
54% : " Trump said during a meeting with Los Angeles officials at a fire station in Pacific Palisades that he would sign an executive order to "open up the pumps and valves in the north.
54% : The states should fix this." Read more: Trump wants to upend California water policy.
51% : Inside L.A.'s desperate battle for water as the Palisades fire exploded Rep. Judy Chu, a Democrat who represents Pasadena and was also among those who planned to attend the fire recovery briefing with Trump, said in a statement she was grateful to the president for coming to Los Angeles to witness the destruction.
50% : "We have to work together to get this really worked out," Trump said during a meeting with Los Angeles officials.
42% : Read more: Trump lands in L.A. to visit fire zone as region braces for weekend rain During a briefing in North Carolina, Trump repeated his earlier suggestion that he would place conditions on disaster aid for California, saying that he wants voter identification requirements adopted and for the state to "release the water."
41% : Ahead of Trump's visit, the White House released a list of participants, including a number of members of Congress, who were to attend a fire emergency briefing in Los Angeles after Trump tours the burn area.
35% : "It's time for Trump to stop putting his billionaire donors ahead of the American people and do his job.
31% : We want to get the problem fixed," Trump told a group of reporters after exiting Air Force One.
31% : "If they release the water, they wouldn't have had a problem," Trump said of California.
31% : " Schiff also expressed hope that Trump would eschew one-sided political rhetoric.
29% : Still, three days after fires ravaged Los Angeles, the Democratic governor extended Trump an invitation to L.A. to survey the damage.
27% : State officials say it could do harm In his inaugural address Monday, Trump brought up the wildfires, saying they were burning "without even a token of defense.
27% : " In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday night, Trump threatened to tie federal aid for wildfire recovery to whether California accepts changes in water policy.
26% : Trump said he was stunned by the devastation and vowed to partner with local officials to help victims.
26% : Earlier on Friday, Trump visited North Carolina to inspect damage after Hurricane Helene ravaged the area in October.
25% : In a somber scene lit by an orange Los Angeles sunset, President Trump walked through the ruins of Pacific Palisades on Friday, shaking hands with firefighters and speaking to a handful of residents as he took in the devastation wrought by firestorms that swept through L.A. County this month.
25% : Newsom, whom Trump refers to as "Newscum," is a staunch critic of Trump who convened a special session ahead of the president's second term to "Trump-proof" California's state laws.
15% : Trump said he would ask Congress for more money for North Carolina reconstruction and expressed disappointment in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's handling of the crisis.
14% : " While some California Democrats adopted a conciliatory tone with Trump, the executive director of the Democratic National Committee, Sam Cornale, accused him of manipulating the fires for political gain. "Donald Trump doesn't understand what it means to lead, and he is once again playing politics in the midst of a crisis, treating families in need as a bargaining chip to force his tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy through Congress," Cornale said in a statement.

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