In November 2018 , while California experienced one of its most destructive wildfires , Trump blamed the fires on " gross " and " poor " " mismanagement " of forests by California , saying there was no other reason for these wildfires . '' The New York Times '' described Trump 's claims as misleading , noting that the fires in question were not " forest fires " , that most of the forest was owned by federal agencies , and that climate change in part contributed to the fires
one of its most destructive wildfires
2018 California wildfires
Presidency of Donald Trump