On his Truth Social media platform on Monday, Jan. 27, Trump wrote: “The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.

President Donald Trump speaks at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. On the same day, he posted on social media that military troops had "turned on" Pacific Northwest water to help California. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) AP

California water officials are pushing back on false claims by the White House that the Trump administration sent the U.S. military to quote “turn on the water” in the wake of the Los Angeles County

President Donald Trump said Monday that he ordered the U.S. military to divert water from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California as part of his presidential action of “Putting People over

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Donald Trump said the U.S. military entered California and opened a large flow of water to fight fires, but state officials denied those claims.

It's unclear exactly what, if anything, was "turned on" in California, but the Department of Water Resources said no military entered the state.

California water regulators have said there's no truth to President Donald Trump's claim that the U.S. military entered the state and “turned on the water.”

President Trump heightened his battle with California over water policy by suggesting troops arrived in the state to turn on water pumps — which state officials quickly denied.

DOGE officials visited the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water pumps in Northern California and said they’d worked with the agency to increase water deliveries south, as Trump has been pushing California to do.

California on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's claim that the U.S. military entered the state to release more water in the wake of deadly wildfires.