President-elect Donald Trump has called on California Governor Gavin Newsom, who he dubbed "Newscum," to resign in response to the ongoing wildfires that are devastating Los Angeles, with five people confirmed dead as of Thursday morning. Addressing the governor in a post on his Truth Social website, Trump wrote: "This is all his fault!!!"

Just over $100 million was cut from California's wildfire and forest resilience fund in the latest budget, though total spending has grown sharply since 2014.

Trump has argued since 2016 that California should divert more of the water contained in the northern part of the state to farmers instead of wildlife conservation.

“The Daily Show” host Desi Lydic has a quick clarifying question for Donald Trump, and it all has to do with his latest nickname for California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom fired back at President-elect Trump after a day-long back-and-forth over the California wildfire response.

A furious Los Angeles mother confronted Gavin Newsom, California’s star Democratic governor, demanding to know why hydrants are running dry while wildfires burn swathes of the city.

Amid the ongoing wildfire in Los Angeles, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized the state’s water management policies and said

The president-elect blamed California Governor Gavin Newsom for the massive fires that have forced tens of thousands to evacuate, saying the governor should have signed a declaration to pump more water through the state.

U.S. President Donald Trump visits the charred wreckage of Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park with Governor-elect Gavin Newsom (L), Paradise Mayor Jody Jones (R) and Governor Jerry Brown in Paradise, California, U.S., November 17, 2018.

The Los Angeles wildfires were still raging uncontained when the finger-pointing started. The devastation was caused, not by prolonged drought or the Santa Ana winds, according to President-elect Donald Trump and others, but by Democrat politicians whose priorities allowed the fires to spread.

The president-elect is using one of his most frequent political cudgels against Gov. Gavin Newsom as the Los Angeles fires continue burning.