Trump and Newsom greeted one another on the tarmac at LAX on Friday as Trump plans to tour fire damaged areas of the state.
Trump and Newsom set aside their usual bitterness and say they will figure out how to work together on the region’s recovery.
Mere hours after saying he would consider curtailing disaster aid to California and scrap the Federal Emergency Management Agency, President Donald Trump on Friday touched down in California to meet with Gov.
President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom met on the tarmac of the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday when the president arrived and committed to working together on wildfire receovery.
The president will depart on Air Force One for L.A. this afternoon for a brief trip that may or may not include his old foe, Gov. Gavin Newsom.
California Governor Gavin Newsom greeted President Donald Trump at LAX after both spent days of slamming each other over the Los Angeles County fires.
There's been no let-up in the war of words between President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom as Trump arrives in Los Angeles to survey damage from the recent horrific wildfires.
In recent weeks, Trump and his allies — notably billionaire Elon Musk on his X platform — have attacked Newsom’s leadership and at times promoted misinformation about California’s response. And House Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested there should be conditions on federal wildfire aid to force changes in California.
The California governor smiled as he shook hands with the president, despite previous online acrimony between them
Donald Trump was greeted by California Governor Gavin Newsom as he arrived this afternoon at LAX for a tour of wildfire damage, with the two political rivals exchanging friendly greetings and vowing that they would work together.
Advisers to California Gov. Gavin Newsom spent the week monitoring new White House advance staffers’ social media accounts, hoping for clues for where President Donald Trump might be headed when he lands in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon to talk about the wildfire damage.