Where's the Fire, Donald?

Displaying the peevish rancor of a man with little to lose, President Petulant lashed out at California governor Gavin Newsom Sunday, incorrectly insinuating that it was California's lax fire prevention efforts that led to the two wildfires currently laying waste to vast portions of the state.

If this textbook example of blaming the victim weren't enough, the petulant one also threatened to withhold federal aid, which seems to becoming a habit.

If Trump makes good on his threat, perhaps Newsom should offer to dig up some dirt on Democratic candidates and see how the president responds. If nothing else, it could add weight to the current body of evidence that paints Trump as the venal, self-centered whore-monger over half the country believed he was back in 2016.

Naturally, it goes without saying that Trump's assertions were fact-free. Displaying the reflexive ignorance that has made him the nation's number-one source of fake news, Trump lambasted Newsom for not clearing forest floors of debris when in fact these fires were burning in grasslands which ring urban areas.

(That's why so many houses have been destroyed, Sir.)

In other words, while clearing forest floors of debris is always a good idea, it would have had no effect whatsoever on the fires currently raging in California.

Prior to the Trump infestation, the Mariana Trench was thought to be the deepest, darkest place on planet Earth. A place as remote and removed as the furthest reaches of space.

Post-Trump, this is clearly not the case. That honor belongs to the endless expanses of our president's fathomless ignorance.