Trump's two asks from California: voter ID laws and water flow

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January 24, 2025 11:32 AM EST

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One, as he departs for North Carolina at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he wanted to secure two things from a visit to California later in the day: voter identification laws and changes to water policy in the wake of massive wildfires.

"I just want voter ID to start, and I want the water to be released, and they're going to get a lot of help from the U.S.," Trump said during a visit to North Carolina.

On Wednesday Trump threatened to withhold aid and repeated a false claim that California Governor Gavin Newsom and other officials had refused to provide water from the northern part of the state to fight the fires.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose, writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by David Ljunggren)


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