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‘Ridiculous blunder’: Trump wades into California’s water wars – and strikes some of his strongest supporters (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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I'm sorry, but the lede on this broke me to the point of uncontrollable laughter. This is just so profoundly stupid, I don't think Monty Python at their peak could parody this.

It's also a lot of water to waste in the West, which is unfortunate.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

He did it to fuck over California. He is a malicious actor that must be defended against at state level, local level, & individual level.

Come summer this will be more apparent to those folks here in CA that still somehow support him

Seems like some are already but they’re scared

Some locals who said they were deeply concerned about the act and its outcome said they were afraid to speak out because their businesses might be targeted by supporters of the administration.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago

"Not enough of California is suffering. This must be fixed."

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

His supporters out here are acting like they love it, because it hurt a lot of people they don't like. As we used to say back home, they'll gladly take a broken nose if it means breaking the other guy's neck.

Besides, now there's yet another thing that he can blame on his enemies, and the suckers will buy into it.