How does rhetoric and sour grapes put out fires and will Trump thank Canada for their assistance?

One does not need to be president to thank others for their assistance.  That's common courtesy (most of us were taught to say "please" and "thank you").  trump, however, only knows how to blame - even when he doesn't have the facts.  he just wants attention.   Currently, the CA fires are eclipsing the attention he so desperately seeks - and he hates it.

From my understanding it is not a lack of water that it making fighting the fires difficult – it is a lack of pressure from the huge amount of water needed to go threw the lines. So maybe Canada can explain to Trump the need for infrastructure. When Trump was in office his contribution to infrastructure week was privatizing the airport traffic controllers. Cheers and happy weekend!

There are multiple reasons for the water issues, none of them due to lack of water. As you said the amount of pressure needed, especially for filling water 1M gallon water tanks that are in neighborhoods built uphill from the water source. Urban areas don't typically face this kind of fire.There were also hurricane force winds that prevented flying and dropping water from above. It's a shame, that so many lies get circulated and believed. And you're right about infrastructure. The kind of fires were seeing now, due to climate change, need an even more robust system of water distribution.  Here's an interesting article on the issues.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity

The firefighters did not have water to fight the fires.  You cannot pressurize 0 gallons of water. 
Presidents are not in charge of state infrastructure,  the state is.  And Trump has not been President for 4yrs. 

Maybe Canada can explain to Gov Newsom.

Joe Biden is sometimes clueless and tone deaf and I feel no need to defend him. But he has not lied outright,  insulted public officials, and politicized a disaster that is having tragic consequences for thousands of people. 

Biden has a long history of outright lies. 
Biden has indeed insulted many public officials. 
And as a politician I can guarantee he politicized disasters....that is what they do. To quote a member of both the Clinton and Obama administrations "Never let a good crisis go to waste."

I was referring to the current disaster. But thanks for adding the MAGA world view.

My original comment has been removed by the moderator as it was taken as a personal insult.  My comment referred to the MAGA world view in general, not meant as a personal insult.  

Of course. 

This is quickly becoming more irritating than it's worth.

I saw that post and I can’t see it being a personal insult. It is getting so you can’t even use the “M” word on here. Insults don’t really hurt but disinformation can - and there is lots of that here so I made up a poem about it. 

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names can never hurt me. However disinformation can blind me . Cheers!

This post was edited by Nanoose at January 12, 2025 1:56 PM MST

Thank you.  It was not meant to be a personal insult.

I’m pretty worried that the relationship between Canada and the US is about to change and it won’t be for the best. Trump has started bad mouthing Canada’s military – saying things like Canada doesn't really have a military. Canada does have a well trained military and they have fought alongside the US military many times. But I’m sure Trump doesn't appreciate that either. Cheers and happy weekend!

I'm worried too. I thought it was all just a tactic, but his last press conference indicated that he really does think Canada should be part of the US. I wouldn't mind if Canada annexed Minnesota since we are almost in Canada anyway. I would love free healthcare and sensible gun laws, and a Parliamentary Democracy that doesn't rely on uninformed, easily manipulated voters to choose the leader of the country.

There are 39,944,658 reasons why Canada can never be part of the US:
1. Canadians don't want it.
2. Canadians don't want it.
3. Canadians don't want it.
4. Canadians don't want it.
5. Canadians don't want it.
...
39,944,657. Canadians don't want it.
39,944,658. Canadians don't want it.

America tried to annex Canada in 1812. They got their backsides handed to them.
In a straight war, Canada cannot beat the US and they know it. But it won't come to that. In a guerilla war, Canada can absolutely make the US so sick of fighting the cold that they give up and go home. The only way they can annex Canada is to wipe out every last Canadian, and I'm sure that AM's resident Canucks (eg Jaimie and Nanoose) would agree with me. As with Vietnam, any attempt to do so would be making a rod for their own back - there'd be a Canad Cong hiding behind every tree (and there are a LOT of trees in Canada).
Greenland and Panama are similarly safe but for different reasons. Neither has a big enough population to keep the Yanks out, but Panama has ONE item of value that Trump wants and the locals will blow every lock before they let him have it, rendering it useless - and the entire world will revile America as a result, shipping around Cape Horn is still dangerous and expensive to boot.
As for Greenland military action is unnecessary. As the ice retreats, the mineral resources will be exploited - and US multinational corporations have the most money, so they'll simply buy it. Sovereignty is unnecessary. This post was edited by Slartibartfast at January 12, 2025 4:13 AM MST

I am not worried about trump succeeding, which as you point out, will not happen. But he said he plans to use economic pressure on Canada and that will cause hardships for both countries.

War of 1812 was not about North expansion,  it wad about western expansion.  And Britain kidnapping Americans to force into their ships.  And the British arming the natives.  But Canada ( which was Easy of the Great Lakes at the time) was welcome to join the USA if they chose.  

Parts of Canada were always east of the Great Lakes.

At the time of the 1812 war ALL of Canada was east of the Great Lakes. 

What was west of the Great Lakes?