{"id":2388311,"date":"2025-01-09T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-will-prioritize-communities-over-leftist-environmental-policy-tim-sheehy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:06:49","slug":"trump-will-prioritize-communities-over-leftist-environmental-policy-tim-sheehy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-will-prioritize-communities-over-leftist-environmental-policy-tim-sheehy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump will prioritize &#8216;communities&#8217; over leftist environmental policy: Tim Sheehy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-will-prioritize-communities-over-leftist-environmental-policy-tim-sheehy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388311&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator \u2063Tim \u2062Sheehy (R-MT) has called \u200bfor significant improvements in wildfire response strategies\u2063 following devastating \u200bfires in Los \u200cAngeles County, wich have spread over 29,000 acres and led to\u2063 five fatalities\u2064 and several injuries among firefighters.In \u200da recent meeting with President-elect \u200cDonald Trump, the two discussed the urgent need for better\u2064 firefighting resources and support for affected communities. Sheehy, who previously founded an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-sheehy-announces-senate-bid-against-jon-tester\/\" title=\"Tim Sheehy challenges Jon Tester for Senate seat.\">aerial firefighting company<\/a>, emphasized\u2062 the inadequacy of current resources, stating that there \u200dare not enough firefighting aircraft or personnel to effectively combat such emergencies. he noted trump&#8217;s commitment to prioritizing community \u2064needs over\u2064 environmental policies, indicating a\u200d shift in focus for disaster response.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump will prioritize &lsquo;communities&rsquo; over leftist environmental policy: Tim Sheehy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1931154\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) issued a call to drastically improve each state&rsquo;s wildfire response following the raging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a> fires, a topic he and President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> discussed in a recent meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As of Thursday morning, five wildfires have uncontrollably spread in Los Angeles County by over 29,000 acres, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3281231\/at-least-5-dead-4-firemen-injured-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">leaving five people dead and four firefighters injured<\/a>. Sheehy, <a href=\"https:\/\/montanafreepress.org\/2023\/12\/04\/who-was-tim-sheehy-before-he-ran-for-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">who founded the aerial firefighting company Bridger Aerospace<\/a> before his 2024 Senate run, said Wednesday he had a &ldquo;fantastic&rdquo; meeting with Trump, during which the wildfires were the first topic they addressed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3281073\/karen-bass-stares-wordlessly-reporter-cornered-los-angeles-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">LA MAYOR BASS STARES WORDLESSLY AT REPORTER WHEN CORNERED ABOUT WILDFIRES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those red and yellow planes you showed on the screen, I used to personally fly those,&rdquo; Sheehy said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em>. &ldquo;Our aircraft, we don&rsquo;t have enough planes, we don&rsquo;t have enough firefighters, and President Trump committed that he&rsquo;s going to make sure we put our communities first. We&rsquo;re not going to put the Eurasian shellfish smelt first. We&rsquo;re not going to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">put wrong-headed environmental plans<\/a> first so to make sure we can protect our communities from wildfire from coast to coast.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2748960&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=759fd0f1373ceec4277787f69d96b90b\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sheehy&rsquo;s comment on the &ldquo;smelt&rdquo; fish was a jab at Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3280545\/trump-newsom-california-apocalyptic-wildfires-true-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump blamed for California&rsquo;s wildfires<\/a>. The president-elect wrote on social media that the governor refused to sign a water restoration declaration for the state due to Newsom wanting to &ldquo;protect an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmentalism-obsessed-la-doesnt-have-enough-water-to-fight-fire-effectively\/\" title=\"Environmentalism-Obsessed LA Doesn&#039;t Have Enough Water to Fight Fire Effectively\">essentially worthless fish called<\/a> a smelt&rdquo; and that &ldquo;the ultimate price is being paid&rdquo; due to the governor&rsquo;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, regarding future wildfires, the Montana senator pitched &ldquo;a national response time standard&rdquo; for every U.S. city, suggesting the National Fire Protection Association set a response time of no less than five minutes. He argued there is currently &ldquo;no standard&rdquo; in firefighter response and that &ldquo;it&rsquo;s time to change that.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Firefighters work from a deck as the Palisades fire burns a beachfront property, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Malibu, California. (AP Photo\/Etienne Laurent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other details discussed by Sheehy and Trump during their meeting included the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3279038\/trump-military-force-panama-greenland-economic-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Panama Canal<\/a>, which the senator deemed &ldquo;a national security priority,&rdquo; as well as how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">China<\/a> has been &ldquo;taking advantage of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning, Trump slammed the &ldquo;gross incompetence&rdquo; of both Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karen Bass<\/a> and their response to the wildfires while also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">blaming the Federal Emergency Management Agency for wasting money<\/a> on &ldquo;the Green New Scam.&rdquo; The president-elect has also <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113796555731896970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called for the California governor to resign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1931154\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1931154\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump to prioritize communities over environmental policies: Sheehy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2388312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim-Sheehey-wildfires-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9390,36279,3634],"class_list":["post-2388311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-communities","tag-environmental-policy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tim-Sheehey-wildfires-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388315,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388311\/revisions\/2388315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}