Shocker: Trump Initially Denied Disaster Aid to Blue State, GOPer Says
Donald Trump keeps\xa0pushing\xa0the vile claim that federal officials are withholding disaster aid from GOP areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. This has now backfired, focusing media attention on Trump\u2019s own hyper-politicization of disaster relief as president. To wit: Two former Trump officials\xa0told Politico\xa0that Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid for California after wildfires in 2018 due to the state\u2019s Democratic lean. We talked to one of those officials\u2014Olivia Troye, a senior homeland security official in the Trump administration and now a\xa0leading critic\xa0of the former president\u2014about Trump\u2019s disastrous tenure, and what she told is is not pretty.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices