President Trump tangled with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Friday after touring wildfire damage in America’s second-largest city — demanding she use her “emergency powers” and allow residents to return to their homes to rebuild.
Trump, 78, championed resident complaints about not being allowed to access their properties to clear debris and begin reconstruction while blaming local policies for causing the catastrophe estimated to cost $250 billion.
“I just think you have to allow the people to go on their site and start the process tonight,” Trump told the Democratic mayor, who was seated next to him during a roundtable discussion that included most of the area’s congressional delegation.
“And we will,” Bass claimed, despite contradicting herself minutes later by offering a one-week timeframe for residents to be allowed to visit the charred remains of…
