California water officials said this week there's no truth to President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. military has entered California and “turned on the water.” Trump's comments, made Monday on his social media platform Truth Social,

President Donald Trump is asserting more federal government control over water management decisions in California and ordering US officials to override local authorities, casting the steps as necessary to boost the state’s firefighting capabilities.

California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) is pushing back on President Trump’s recent claim that the U.S. military entered the state and “turned on the water” in the wake of devastating wildfires that left lasting damage in the southern part of the state.