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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Politicians quibbling as LA burns: Gavin Newsom’s latest beef with Trump

Raging orange fire on a hillside
A firefighter battles the Palisades fire in Mandeville Canyon on Saturday in Los Angeles. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP

Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, appeared briefly to put his long-running feud with Donald Trump to one side on Friday, when he invited the president-elect to Los Angeles to survey devastation from the wildfires and meet with first responders, firefighters and the “Americans” affected.

“In the spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines,” Newsom wrote in a letter to Trump on Friday. “Hundreds of thousands of Americans – displaced from their homes and fearful for the future – deserve to see all of us working in their best interests to ensure a fast recovery and rebuild.”

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