10 things you need to know today: November 10, 2018

Trump blames California fires on 'gross mismanagement' as death toll rises, Trump slams Macron for 'European army' proposal while arriving in France, and more

Abandoned vehicles sit on the side of a road, destroyed by flames, in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California on November 09, 2018.
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1. Trump blames California fires on 'gross mismanagement' as death toll rises

"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor," President Trump tweeted early Saturday. "Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!" California is currently suffering three major wildfires, one of which, the Camp Fire, is now the most destructive recorded in state history. The blaze destroyed the entire town of Paradise, north of Sacramento, and has killed at least nine people. About three dozen more remain missing.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.