Trump added that it could have been \"a lot different situation\" if we had been talking about forest management earlier. \"It should have been done many years ago but I think everybody is on the right side. It’s a big issue,” he said.

Though the president asserted that there is agreement on the issue of forest management, California officials, including a top-ranked fire official, have slammed his criticism. California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice called Trump’s assertion of forest management \"ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and women on the front lines.”

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