Trump Criticizes Newsom Over $100M In FireAid Concert Funds Not Going To Victims

President Donald Trump jabbed at Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) after $100 million in donated funds — raised through a concert named FireAid — did not go directly to the victims of the recent California wildfires.

FireAid was billed as a one-night concert event, featuring artists like Katy Perry, Olivia Rodrigo, and Lady Gaga — which was supposed to raise money for residents who lost their homes during the devastating wildfires that ravaged Altadena and the Pacific Palisades. In fact, A-List actors promised people that was the express purpose of the event.

Actor Miles Teller – from Top Gun Maverick – told everyone that FireAid would go “directly” to victims, saying, “All the money raised will go directly to people who need it now and long-term efforts to build it back.”

“The Avengers” star Samuel L. Jackson offered a similar take, encouraging as many people as possible to donate at the website even if they couldn’t attend the event: “Give what you can. All the money will go directly to people who need help in the short term and the long-term effort to get this city back on its feet.”

But as Sue Pascoe — Editor and Chief of Circling the News, who lost her home in the Palisades fire — discovered, the money did not go directly to individuals: “There’s all sorts of skullduggery going on, and basically wildfire victims and Palisades and Altadena got no direct relief.”

Local residents backed up what Pascoe said as well. David Howard, who lost two homes in the Pacific Palisades, told the local Fox affiliate, “I have not seen any benefit from the FireAid money, and I am very involved here and neither have my neighbors.”