Justin Trudeau only needs 3 words to show Donald and Marjorie what humanity is as the Palisades fire rages on

Get the Full StoryExtreme turmoil is a soft term for describing the geopolitical state of North America right now. Between Donald Trump s recent reelection, his bizarre obsession with merging Canada and the United States, and the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, these tensions come very close to reflecting a minuscule fraction of the much more pressing and devastating issue of the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles. It perhaps goes without saying that this is a dreadful and heartbreaking disaster that deserves the utmost attention and humanity from anyone and everyone, so naturally, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene focused on lacerating California governor Gavin Newsom a Democrat, of course instead. What an absolutely heartbreaking disaster.When the good people of California finally decide to elect responsible Republicans to run their cities and state, they still have corrupt elections.Keep fighting California patriots!! God will fight for you!!I m praying for you!! https: t.co q5q19s6wJT Marjorie Taylor Greene mtgreenee January 8, 2025 Screengrab via Truth Social My prayers go out to everyone in Southern California dealing with these raging fires, but I m also angry it is even happening.Governor Gavin Newsom failed so miserably in water and land management, and now the State of Canada is sending firefighting planes to bail him out.And pic.twitter.com ZDvkfh1GPW Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene RepMTG January 9, 2025 Greene is right about one thing, though; Canada the country, not the state, as she is puts it has been sending firefighting planes into California to help deal with the wildfires, except it s to help citizens that have been affected by the disaster, not to bail out Newsom. Trudeau s own response reflects that sentiment quite nicely. Neighbours helping neighbors. pic.twitter.com qRuEsu31T0 Justin Trudeau JustinTrudeau January 9, 2025 But I, a Canadian, am not here to tell you how much better Justin Trudeau is than America s elected officials. The empathetic energy surrounding Trudeau s tweet is important and refreshing, to be sure, and it also harbors a distinct lack of the one-upmanship that Trump, Marjorie, and so many other major political figures double down on day after day. In the spirit of that, what would I truly be accomplishing by focusing on Trump s and Greene s embarrassing conduct instead of the actual problem that s affecting real people? As of earlier this morning, five major wildfires continue to burn throughout the Los Angeles area, having claimed upwards of 27,000 acres and damaging over 1500 buildings to an effectively unsalvageable degree. Three of these five wildfires had zero percent containment around the same time, and five deaths have been confirmed thus far, to say nothing of the countless injuries. A plane passenger captured video of the massive Palisades fire as they were landing at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday evening. https: t.co bdYtGUIoJ0 FOX 11 Los Angeles FOXLA January 9, 2025 #PalisadesFire torches 1,000 structures, most destructive in Los Angeles history https: t.co LIfs4DDaMK KTLA KTLA January 9, 2025 Direct Relief, a humanitarian organization headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, is currently accepting donations to the California Wildfire Response, which can be made here. One thing you shouldn t do, however, is use the wildfires as an excuse to venomously rage against a political opponent who, by the way, wasn t quite as lax on firefighting policy as some might have you believe . You especially shouldn t do this if you could be using your platform and money, if you happen to be ultra-wealthy to mobilize an even greater relief response than what Newsom, Trudeau, and the countless folks risking their lives to assist and evacuate civilians, are already contributing to. Could Newsom and his colleagues have done a better job of pre-empting this disaster and having more resources in place to combat it? Whatever the answer may be, there s a time and a place to sit down and assess what, if anything, could have been done better, and who should take responsibility for doing those things better. The middle of the most devastating wildfire in the history of Los Angeles is no such time, and Twitter is certainly no such place. But then, when the purpose of your political existence boils down to exerting control over the world, dividing civilians into pathetic and meaningless culture wars, and ballooning your own social capital at the cost of human life and livelihood, is there even such a time or a place?

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