Recently, Los Angeles in California, USA is facing devastating wildfires, exacerbated by strong seasonal winds, making it difficult for disaster relief efforts to make significant progress. Meanwhile, the newly elected President Trump criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom on social media, blaming him for the wildfires, stating that to protect a group of 'worthless smelt fish,' Los Angeles has fallen into a fire crisis. This protected smelt fish has also been hyped in the cryptocurrency community as a meme coin, with its price increasing by as much as 11,700%. (Background: Trump issues NFT with inscriptions, Bitcoin core developer blasts: This is a national attack on BTC) (Further context: Trump’s inauguration raises new expectations: Can he deliver on the ten new cryptocurrency policies?) Recently, California is facing rampant wildfires, with flames rapidly spreading under the influence of the strong Santa Ana winds. The hardest-hit areas are mainly in Los Angeles County, where six large-scale fires have been reported. So far, this fire has led to at least five deaths, over 2,000 buildings destroyed, and forced more than 130,000 people to evacuate. Trump: This fire is caused by the incompetent governor trying to save fish Regarding the wildfires in Los Angeles, the soon-to-be President Trump also criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom on the social platform Truth Social, claiming that Newsom is the culprit behind the fire, stating that to protect a group of 'worthless fish,' Los Angeles is facing a fire crisis. Governor Gavin Newsom refused to sign a water resource restoration declaration that could have allowed excess rainwater and snowmelt from the north to flow into many areas of California daily, including those currently burning like a doomsday scenario. He chose to protect a nearly worthless fish species—the smelt—giving them more water (which had no effect!), while disregarding the people of California. Now, California is paying the ultimate price. I will demand this incompetent governor to let beautiful, clean, fresh water flow into California! He is the root cause of all of this. Besides, there is no water supply for fire hydrants or for firefighting aircraft. This is a true disaster! Meanwhile, Trump also stated in a follow-up article that this symbolizes the mismanagement of the Biden administration, expressing hope that January 20 will come soon: This matter should serve as a symbol of the severe incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden-Newsom duo. Hurry up and arrive on January 20 (inauguration day)! However, according to CNN reports, Newsom stated in an interview that he currently cannot respond to Trump’s attacks as the situation in Los Angeles is very serious, and Trump is only focused on politicizing the issue. The report pointed out that the wildfire crisis in Los Angeles involves multiple factors, but Trump oversimplified the entire incident by only citing 'the California governor’s refusal to sign a water resource restoration declaration.' 'Fire to save fish' meme coin $smelt surges by 11,700% In this incident, the smelt fish, which Trump considers worthless, has also been traded as a meme coin in the cryptocurrency sector. According to Dexscreener, the meme coin named after the smelt was created at 2 AM today, with an initial price of $0.00007698, and at 2 PM today, it peaked at $0.0091, an astonishing increase of 11,700%. As of now, the token price has fallen back to $0.002004, a nearly 2,428% increase in the last 24 hours. Related reports Bitcoin narrowly avoids falling below $92,500, Ethereum spikes to $3,200, is the rebound starting? Bhutan's administrative region announces it will include Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB in its strategic reserves, CZ praises: A wise move Czech central bank considers including Bitcoin in foreign exchange reserves, Bitwise CEO: The dominoes have fallen 'Los Angeles Wildfire) Trump criticizes governor for 'saving fish instead of fighting fire,' meme coin smelt once surged by 11,700%' This article was first published on BlockTempo (the most influential blockchain news media).