President Trump will fly to California on Monday, where he will be briefed on the devastating wildfires that have spread across the state.
White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere confirmed the trip to the Washington Examiner on Saturday and said that Trump would visit McClellan Park in Sacramento County. There, he will meet with federal and local officials who will brief him on the blazes.
“Since mid-August, President Trump and Gov. Newsom have spoken by phone, and the White House and FEMA have remained in constant contact with state and local officials throughout the response to these natural disasters,” Deere, who is also a special assistant to the president, said in a statement.
“The president continues to support those who are battling raging wildfires in a locally executed, state-managed, and federally supported emergency response,” he added.
Trump declared a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for California nearly a month ago. California already broke a record in 2020 for most acres burned, even though the worst part of the state’s fire season is just starting.
The fires have wreaked havoc from California up the coast to Washington and have killed at least 20 people. According to the Los Angeles Times, at least 44 fires are actively burning in the Golden State, the largest of which has burned nearly half a million acres and is only 25% contained.
