Donald Trump recently wrote a tweet basically blaming the forest management in California for the rapid fires occurring in Southern California. But that didn’t sit well with fire officials. 

There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2018

With proper Forest Management, we can stop the devastation constantly going on in California. Get Smart!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2018

California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice later said that the president had gotten it “dangerously wrong.”

“The president’s assertion that California’s forest management policies are to blame for catastrophic wildfire is dangerously wrong,” he wrote. “Wildfires are sparked and spread not only in forested areas but in populated areas and open fields fueled by parched vegetation, high winds, low humidity and geography.”

He went on to add that “nearly 60 percent of California forests are under federal management, and another one-third [are] under private control.”

Oy vey.