Trump vows to solve California’s water crisis

At a Friday campaign rally in Fresno, California, Donald Trump denied that the state was now in a drought, blaming water shortages on environmentalists.

California is, in fact, in midst of a drought. The past four years have been the driest in the state’s history.

“If I win”, Trump told supporters during the Fresno rally, “we’re going to start opening up the water so that you can have your farmers survive”. You have a water problem that’s so insane, it is so ridiculous, where they’re taking the water and shoving it out to sea. “There is no drought, they turn the water out into the ocean”.

The comments came a day after Trump outlined an energy policy plan that relies heavily on expanding USA fossil fuel exploration and reducing environmental regulations.

Trump has been campaigning in California ahead of the state’s June 7 primary.

Trump spoke to thousands in San Diego later on Friday afternoon at the San Diego Convention Center Corporation.

Demonstrators in the Southern California city of Costa Mesa last month damaged police cars and threw bottles, leading to 17 arrests. Meanwhile, Clinton will be looking to swiftly wrap up the Democratic nomination so that she can move on to dealing with Donald Trump, however, support for her rival Bernie Sanders remains high and that’s proving problematic for Clinton.

Mr. Trump, I couldn’t if I exhausted.

“The judge, who happens to be, we believe, Mexican, which is great, I think that’s fine”, Trump said, according to the Los Angeles Times. He felt Trump really understood the issues farmers face and wants to help them.

The rules dictate how much water from the Sacramento River must run into the ocean. Because of California’s antiquated system of water-rights-a claims based system that dates back to the Gold Rush-there are a lot of small farms throughout the Central Valley that receive little or no water because they are low on the list of water-rights holders. The fish that he referenced is nearing extinction and has become a source of controversy in California as some water has been allocated to maintain its habitat. Despite an El Niño event that saw an increase a year ago in snowpacks that supply about one-third of California’s water, 86 percent of the state is still considered to be in drought.

Even though he entered into two separate agreements with the Republican National Committee (RNC) in this regard, Trump said he would continue to put money from his own pocket for his presidential elections, but would raise money for the Congressional elections with the sole objective of retaining the Republican majority in the US Congress.