Trump: “Trees Are Loaded With Water, Soaking Wet”

“The trees are loaded with water. They suck that water out of the ground. But when I was in Paradise, I noticed that the trees, they were dark on the bottom. But they were absolutely living and they lived. Because they’re soaking wet.

“But the trees that were on the ground, within 12-18 months you have to cut them up and take them away because they’re matchsticks. You saw that with me. I said, ‘look at this, the house is burned down but the tree is still standing.’

“Other than being a little different color on the bottom, they went through an inferno and it’s amazing. They’re soaking wet. So I think you have to do it and it’s called management of the floor.

“Austria, Finland, and also other countries, they said we manage the forest floor very, very carefully and they don’t have wildfires.” – Trump, after touring the wildfire aftermath yesterday in Los Angeles.

Trump: “The trees are loaded with water. They suck that water out of the ground … it’s called management of the floor.”

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM

After its hottest June on record, Finland is now battling its largest wildfire in 50 years (~400 hectares) #Kalajoki @jmccarty_geo pic.twitter.com/nG0qruzW0Q

— Alec Luhn (@AlecLuhn) July 30, 2021