Have you considered the underlying actions were designed to solicit an emotional reaction via news channels, I.e. trump is trolling to own the libs, at the cost of watching the country burn (literally here in CA).
You're exactly right, which is why we've ended up with a reality TV president. He knows how to play this game, and the game is now very much in favor of ppl that know how to play it. This is the leader we get when enough mid-life trolls spread their pepe love.
Of course not. Although, he did blame the last fires on insufficient raking of the forest [1]. If he actually stands by it, and didn't do anything to address the lack of forest, uh, raking, then one could reasonably assign him responsibility for the current fires. I don't advocate for that, because raking forests makes no sense.