Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that her country was sending support in part because many Mexican people live in the Los Angeles area.

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief of Climate Crisis, addresses the misconception that Canada and Mexico’s assistance with U.S. wildfires could improve trade relations with the United States. He explains that the Trump administration views trade policy independently and unlikely to be swayed by acts of goodwill,

Air tankers, firefighters and technicians from the neighboring countries are on their way to Los Angeles in a show of solidarity.

The deployments come days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened the United States’ largest trade partners with tariffs.