Trump's post accused Newsom of allowing water to flow "out into the Pacific Ocean" instead of using it to combat drought and the raging wildfires devastating the nation's second-largest city by population. Newsweek reached out to Newsom's office for comment via email.

President-elect Donald Trump has called on California Governor Gavin Newsom, who he dubbed "Newscum," to resign in response to the ongoing wildfires that are devastating Los Angeles, with five people confirmed dead as of Thursday morning. Addressing the governor in a post on his Truth Social website, Trump wrote: "This is all his fault!!!"