Newsom and California are frequently the target of Trump’s ire. Some of his most memorable criticisms of the state have been over how it manages its wildlands in the face of wildfire risk. In his first term, Trump suggested California should be “raking” their forests to clean up dead brush and trees.

Trump initial guest list doesn't include Gov. Gavin Newsom or state forest officials on his trip to the Los Angeles fires — but he's bringing the head of the Forest Service, a Biden appointee with California experience.

President Donald Trump is set to fly into Los Angeles today to survey damage from the fires still burning there, but California officials don’t know much else. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday afternoon that he hadn’t heard from the president since the end of his first term,