President Trump will visit Los Angeles on Friday to survey the damage caused by wildfires and meet with California’s governor, Gavin Newsom. Will he steamroll Mr. Newsom and put pre-conditions on federal disaster aid to the state?

This will be Mr. Trump’s first trip from the White House since he was sworn into office on Monday. In a gesture to supporters, the president will first stop in North Carolina, which was ravaged by Hurricane Helene in September, before making his way to the Golden State.  

Messrs. Trump and Newsom feuded in the president’s first term, and they are trading jabs in the first days of the second. “We are watching fires still tragically burn from weeks ago without even a token of defense,” Mr. Trump said in his inaugural address.

“They’re raging through the houses and communities, even affecting some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in our country, some of whom are sitting here right now,” Mr. Trump said. “We can’t let this happen. Everyone is unable to do anything about it. That’s going to change.”