Walls of fire devoured neighborhoods, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee for their lives. But as a cataclysm fueled by windstorms charred swathes of Los Angeles, Donald Trump spotted an opportunity.

Show” correspondent Desi Lydic on Wednesday offered a blunt reminder of Donald Trump’s “leadership during times of crisis” after he blamed the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles on California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

"He is the blame for this," Trump wrote about Newsom on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, but Newsom's office called that "fiction."