President Trump on Saturday lashed out at California’s ‘grandstanding’ governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, over the state’s immigration policies and its struggling high speed rail project.
‘I hope the grandstanding Governor of California is able to spend his very highly taxed citizens money on asylum holds more efficiently than money has been spent on the so-called Fast Train, which is $Billions over budget & in total disarray,’ Trump tweeted on Saturday.
‘Time to reduce taxes in California!’
President Trump on Saturday slammed California's 'grandstanding' governor, Gavin Newsom, over the state's policies on immigration and its struggling high speed rail plan
Trump appeared to be reacting to a CNN report in which Newsom (seen right next to correspondent Gary Tuchman) gave reporters a tour of a taxpayer-funded shelter for asylum seekers in San Diego
Trump and Newsom have clashed before over the issue of federal funding for California's planned high speed rail link. The two men are seen alongside former California Governor Jerry Brown as they survey the damage from wildfires in Paradise, California last November
Trump was likely reacting to a CNN report in which Newsom is seen giving reporters a tour of a taxpayer-funded shelter for asylum seekers in San Diego.
‘The federal government should be doing this,’ Newsom told CNN.
‘[Immigration] is the federal government’s responsibility. These are people who came legally…[they were] processed legally, [they are] seeking asylum legally.’
California’s more welcoming policy toward asylum seekers stands in stark contrast to the Trump administration, which has made cracking down on migrant entry into the United States one of its core missions.
Trump on Saturday also tweeted a barb at his former supporter, conservative commentator Ann Coulter, who has lashed out at the president for what she says are his broken promises about building a border wall.
Concept art shows the planned high-speed train that was to have run from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The project had ballooned in cost to $77billion and was running years behind
Twitter feud: President Trump demanded the money back from Gavin Newsom but the California Governor said he would use it for a scaled-down project
‘Wacky Nut Job Ann Coulter, who still hasn’t figured out that, despite all odds and an entire Democrat Party of Far Left Radicals against me (not to mention certain Republicans who are sadly unwilling to fight), I am winning on the Border,’ Trump tweeted.
‘Major sections of Wall are being built and renovated, with MUCH MORE to follow shortly.
‘Tens of thousands of illegals are being apprehended (captured) at the Border and NOT allowed into our Country.
‘With another President, millions would be pouring in. I am stopping an invasion as the Wall gets built.’
Trump’s claims of a ‘wall being built’ are factually incorrect, as he was unable to obtain enough funds from Congress to construct his promised barrier.
Instead, he declared a national emergency, which he hopes will give him legal authority to divert funds from other sources toward a border wall.
California was one of more than a dozen states to sue the Trump administration over the emergency declaration.
Trump’s tweet on Saturay came just five days after
