SPOKANE, Wash. – Former President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a promise, that if elected, he will give Californians a new supply of water by diverting water from the Pacific Northwest.
Trump spoke about this at a press conference in Los Angeles two weeks ago. The goal of diverting the water would be to help California’s drought and wildfire crises.
“The water is cut off upstate in the north. Did you know that? The water. In order to protect a certain little, tiny fish called a Smelt. They send millions and millions of gallons of water out to the Pacific Ocean,” Trump said.
The former president never identified the water source he was referring to. But, a Canadian professor believes it’s likely the Columbia River.
The Columbia River starts in British Columbia and runs through Washington and Oregon before ending up in the Pacific.
“You have millions of gallons of water pouring down from the North, …