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Of fish and men: Trump's California water order takes aim at Newsom and troubled smelt

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President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to route more water to Southern California .

Experts say the president's mandate might be a bit fishy as he tries to keep a longstanding campaign promise.

It's an attempt to change the environmental protections of the smelt, a three-inch-long fish once vital to California 's ecosystem but now nearly extinct.

The order comes after Trump initially promised in 2016 to redirect California ’s water runoff south.

He's a lousy governor." Holyoke and Sobel both wonder what Trump will say to Newsom during the president's scheduled visit to see the destruction in Southern California later this week . " Trump might very well bring up the executive order as a talking point," Holyoke said. "I can't imagine him not." This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump order 'putting people over fish' draws controversy in California .

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English

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