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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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[–] ricketyrackets@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump is such an utter fucking idiot. Nothing this useless fuck makes any sense. He’s neither a good businessman, leader, or president.

[–] 1337@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

He knows exactly what he's doing here. He's punishing the blue state specifically.

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (9 children)

The Conservative subs have been really quiet for the last few days, after all their glee a fortnight ago.

Almost like they are hiding.

Oh no don’t worry there is plenty of leopards eating people’s faces going on. I’ve seen so many crying about how these tariffs are gonna cost them jobs. Also saw some posts by conservative women pissed off when they found out DEI includes them as well not just people of colour

[–] Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 8 points 1 day ago

When they elected him the first time i tgought: hah, i bet they feel really stupid now because how incompetent he was. Nope, they doubled down and did it again.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep peeking at old.shittyplace.com/r/conservative and AFAICT they are still in full on "FUCK YEAH this is what we voted for!"

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Half of it. The other half is on full r/LeopardsAteMyFace mode.

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

He's draining the reservoirs to starve California of water.

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This motherfucker really is all four horsemen of the apocalypse all at once huh?

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[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 88 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have driven by countless large signs from California farmers supporting trump. I hope they enjoy the flooding.

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

It's a face eating extravaganza - for the leopards that is.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 191 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Why did that shooter have to miss?

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

"Inches from a better world" has been a common phrase on my mind, with the added benefit of really needing a lot of context before the magastappo get pissy.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 94 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He didn't miss, he hit people in the crowd.

It's about what I expect from conservative shooters. Shooting everyone except the people who should be shot.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Ironic that the gun nuts absolutely suck at handling their guns. Much like there is a huge car scene where I live, but nobody can fucking drive.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Buying guns is easy as long as you have money. Getting proper training and improving via practice requires effort and discipline.

Much easier to show off how much $$$ you dumped on a fancy rifle.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan 3 points 1 day ago

He probably just crapped himself due to the pressure.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago

"I went forward in time...to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the assassination attempt."

"How many did you see?"

"Fourteen million six hundred and five."

"How many were successful?"

"All but one."

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because it was a stunt to make the fat orange idiot look like a hero.

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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago

Everyday I curse him for missing

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[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 100 points 2 days ago (3 children)

He is a complete moron. He is wrong about literally everything and it is pathetic.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Anti-intellectualism is one hell of a drug.

He is going to "common sense" America into Idiocracy. Remember his fantastic solution to COVID (injecting bleach + UV)? Or nuking hurricanes? When you make all the scientists run away, you end up with "the idea sounded good in my head... after a few beers".

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's so cartoonishly moronic, he makes Portal 2's Wheatley look like a Harvard graduate.

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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 130 points 2 days ago (21 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.

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[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 143 points 2 days ago (8 children)

How can a president in a democratic country order a dam opening, and this is left unchallenged by knowledgeable experts affected by the dam and stake holders? There seems a deep flaw in the system when it comes to the singular power of the US-president?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 105 points 2 days ago

Easy: it didn't happen in a democratic country.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In his previous term there were people in all positions that would say no. He didn’t like that and fired people constantly, rotating through an inordinate amount of staff.

This time round they pre-planned everyone in every inch of federal government. All loyalists. No one will say no. They all fall in line and do as they’re told.

Trump and his handlers will strip mine and destroy the country from top to bottom completely unchallenged. And any challenge will simply be sidestepped or simply ignored.

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[–] wiLD0@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The dams are entirely the responsibility of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the US President is the commander-in-chief.

The only ways for this to not happen is for the President to have their mind changed, or the President is removed from office, or, the order is refused enough (at cost of being fired/court-martialed) that nobody will carry them out.

The great powers of the US Presidency is meant to expedite government action. We are currently far from the scenario where Congress, by the will of the US voters, will remove the current President.

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 hours ago

Good point with the army corps of Engineers, did not know they have this much influence on federal infrastructure in the states and are under the presidents command.

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[–] shish_mish@lemmy.world 249 points 2 days ago (21 children)

I think he has no idea what he is doing, and he has dismantled all the guardrails. According to project 2025 the entire country needs to be razed and dismantled. So they can rebuild it as Musk/Trump's techno fascist state.That's why Musk wants access to social security numbers, health data and addresses. Musk now knows where you live, what colour your skin is, your gender, your income and debt, and all your weak points. The Nazis did this, it helps with identifying perceived enemies of the state, deportation of immigrants and jailing or execution of political rivals. I am so sorry for those of you in the states who didn't vote for this monster.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 133 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I think he has no idea what he is doing, and he has dismantled all the guardrails.

He knows exactly what he’s doing, or at least, someone else proposed this and explained it to him. What he is doing is: ruin Californias agriculture. This water would’ve been needed in summer, when the place runs dry.

So come August, chances are, California agriculture is withering on the vine with no way to water it. At which point Orange Führer will blame the state government, just like he did with the wildfires. CA will suffer politically and economically, which is the real goal here.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Which in turn we devastate all the red states because California is largest tax payers in the country. Those taxes help the red states. So by destroying California economy he fucks over all of America. Well they voted for it so let them suffer. Just wish rest of us didn't have to suffer too.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago

While also deporting the people who would harvest it.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

There is nothing stopping them from storming the Capitol, yknow?

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's OK. Trump is sending fire to Disney world Florida to fight their possible flooding!

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (4 children)
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[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is literally terrorism.

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[–] dx1@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

What an idiot.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 82 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Why is trump even allowed to do this?

[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He’s not, but no one has the power or balls to stop him

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago

He's not supposed to be, he is just making it clear that he will fire anyone who says no to him.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (6 children)

They are just trying to destroy California.

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