President Donald Trump has mocked California Governor Gavin Newsom by sharing a video on Truth Social showing a woman using a fire hydrant to wash blankets on a Los Angeles street. The 48-second clip, posted on Easter Sunday, features a narrator describing the scene as the reality of living in downtown LA, where fire hydrants have been converted into laundromats.
The video shows the woman using a wrench to open the hydrant, filling a container with water, and adding an unknown substance, possibly detergent. Trump later reposted the video with a caption from an X account stating, 'Los Angeles fire hydrants seem to be working just fine now.'
The president previously criticised Newsom over fire hydrant issues during the Palisades Fire in January 2025, when about 20% of hydrants ran dry. Trump blamed Newsom for not signing a water restoration declaration, which the governor’s office dismissed as fiction.
Newsom, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, has frequently traded barbs with Trump. Last month, Trump accused Newsom of having a mental disability, to which Newsom responded by posting a fake cognitive exam image on X, calling himself highly intelligent.
