President Donald Trump called out Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, during a roundtable discussion on Friday about the devastating wildfires that killed 28 people and destroyed more than 16,200 structures.
Trump ripped Bass for not exercising her emergency powers effectively to cut red tape and help residents rebuild as quickly as possible.
“You have emergency powers, just like I do, and I’m exercising my emergency powers,” Trump told the mayor. “You have to exercise them also.”
“I did exercise them,” Bass responded. “If individuals want to clear out their property, they can.”
Members of the Palisades and Eaton communities in attendance at the event shouted from their seats that this was not true. Subsequently, Bass rephrased her statement, saying that, eventually, they will be able to clear out their properties.
“You know that you will be able to go back…
