California on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's claim that the U.S. military entered the state to release more water in the wake of deadly wildfires.

The California Department of Water Resources on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. military “turned on the water” supply in the state. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter,

In a Truth Social post late on Monday, Trump wrote, falsely: "The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest,