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The Politics of Disasters

Red state or blue state, they should be treated equally.

Over the weekend, President Trump had tweeted about the most recent California fires and lack of forest management by the state. Here is a Washington Post article on the subject, President Trump again blames California for a natural disaster, adding to his public denunciations of the strongly Democratic state.

No matter what you politics, all people in all states should be treated the same. 

President Trump complains about his treatment by the press, most of which comes from their coverage and reaction to what he says and tweets. If he is looking for attention, he certainly will continue to get it with tweets like the one over this past weekend. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.