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California officials warned that Trump’s order to release massive amounts of water nearly caused severe flooding for farmers.

Trump boasted about the move, claiming it would help fight wildfires, but experts said the water couldn’t reach affected areas, which are over 200 miles away.

The Army Corps of Engineers initially planned to release water at maximum capacity but scaled back after urgent pushback.

Experts warned the water could have been better used months later for irrigation.

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[–] eran_morad 122 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

damn bruh, it's like he's trying to fuck the country in order to please a foreign adversary and spare himself an unpleasant fate.

[–] Raiderkev 1 points 10 hours ago

Naw man, murica first. He's clearly playing 8d chess. Canada ain't never dun nothin

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

trying to fuck the country

No just the blue states who dont like him

Edit: keyword "trying." Hes trying to fuck the blue states. yall down voting me into oblivion like trump doesnt have a clear vendetta against calfiornia. Yea, hes hurting the whole country as collateral damage, but lets not pretend that parts on purpose. Hes an idiot who has never understood the ramifications of his decisions. This orange turd see and opportunity to hurt california , and he takes it becuase its California, not because hes smart enough to understand

Edit 2: in this same thread is a Comment that says "hes just trying to destroy california" with clear upvotes. Has lemmy become the reddit hive mind already? Sheesh

[–] chiliedogg 58 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Destroying the nation's food supply by flooding fields, deporting the workers, and imposing tarrifs on outside sources of food is objectively bad for the entire nation, and the only people who could possibly benefit are America's global adversaries.

Even if Trump is too stupid to know it, the rest of his administration is not. The fact that they haven't enacted the 25th amendment is a clear indication that hurting America is the goal.

A hungry crowd is an angry mob, and I'm increasingly worried this will end in mass violence.

[–] btaf45 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I wish we had a website that systematically track a running list of every single enshitification move that Traitorapist Trump had made to date so that they are all in one place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago

It may not be exactly what you're asking for, but someone on Lemmy made a 2025 reality check website to help.

[–] Bytemeister 6 points 14 hours ago

Worried? Mass violence feels like my only hope at this point.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 20 hours ago

I'm hoping it ends in mass class violence

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The rest of his administration is absolutely as stupid as he is. After his last cycle he has purged anyone remotely competent.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] chiliedogg 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

There are very smart but evil people working in his administration.

You just don't see them giving speeches.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Also they have to interact with both Musk and Trump on a regular basis, so lets be honest here theyre probably on liquor rotation to keep them from quiting. Prolly have three teams where at any given time two of the teams are blackout drunk.

[–] eran_morad 32 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Nah, bruv. Where does all of our domestic fruit and veg, and crops like almonds come from? California. The San Joaquin Valley. Who eats that stuff? You do. All of us. The plan is to fuck America. Why does trump do anything at all? To fuck America. That's his job.

[–] CharlesDarwin 16 points 21 hours ago

This the answer. California is one of our prize jewels for sure. If Vlad can monkey wrench that, it will do a lot of damage.