Le président élu des États-Unis s'en est pris au gouverneur de Californie, Gavin Newsom, qui a reproché à son tour à Donald Trump de "politiser une tragédie humaine".
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00:00fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about the California wildfires.
00:08The deadly wildfires in California have sparked a political spat between President-elect Donald Trump
00:14and the Democrat governor of the state of California, Gavin Newsom.
00:19In this Truth Social post, Trump claims Newsom failed to sign a water restoration declaration
00:26that would have secured additional water supply to the affected region, suggesting this hindered firefighting efforts.
00:33Newsom's office responded by pointing out that such a document never existed.
00:37Trump's team says he was referring to his 2019 proposal to redirect water from the northern Californian delta
00:46to farms and urban areas further south, a proposal Newsom's administration challenged in court
00:53due to concerns over endangered species in the delta.
00:57But several experts have said Trump's water diversion plans would not have had any impact
01:02on the supply of water available for firefighting efforts.
01:06Trump has also said that there is no water in fire hydrants in the affected areas.
01:12This is partly true.
01:14The L.A. mayor has said that at one point last week, 20% of fire hydrants went dry
01:20with the affluent L.A. suburb of Palisades most affected.
01:24Governor Newsom has ordered an independent investigation,
01:27saying that while the hydrants are not designed to extinguish such widespread fires,
01:32the lack of water could have impaired efforts to protect some homes.
01:36Finally, Trump has claimed that there is no money in FEMA, the government agency for emergency management.
01:43FEMA, however, says it has $27 billion in its disaster relief fund
01:49after a temporary funding bill was passed.
01:52While this may not be enough to cover California's needs,
01:56Trump's claim that there is no money left in the pot is unfounded.