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As the death toll continues to climb from the most destructive wildfire in California’s history, President Trump on Tuesday declared a “major disaster” in the state, paving the way for federal funding to the thousands left homeless by the blaze.

“I’m with you all the way,” Mr. Trump wrote in a tweet to the victims. Over the weekend, however, he tweeted a series of misleading statements about the cause of California wildfires and threatened to withhold federal dollars “because of gross mismanagement.”

Here on the climate desk, Kendra Pierre-Louis found the president’s claims oversimplified. You can read her fact-check here.