His account was backed up by former Trump White House Homeland Security Adviser Olivia Troy.

Ron DeSantis in his memoirdescribed speakingto Trump in 2019 after Hurricane Michael swept through northern Florida.

This is Trump country and they need your help, DeSantis pitched Trump.

US President Donald Trump views damage from wildfires in Malibu, California, on November 17, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump views damage from wildfires in Malibu, California, on Nov. 17, 2018.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

They love me in the panhandle, the former president said.

I must have won 90 percent of the vote out there.

What do they need?

Trumps impulse to make his responsibilities to Americans contingent on their politics has not vanished since he left office.

We wont give him money to put out all his fires, Trump said of California Gov.

Gavin Newson, a Democrat, in September.

And, if we dont give him the money to put out his fires.

Hes a lousy governor.

Tomorrow it could be hurricane funding for North Carolina, he added.