California Governor Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump teamed up on Monday for a roundtable discussion on the deadly wildfires that continue to engulf the Golden State and a major portion of the West. The politician lauded the president for the federal response to the state's wildfires.

Despite bearing very different views in terms of climate change, as well as the role it has played in the historic fires this year, Newsom put aside partisan politics during the roundtable discussion to thank Trump for the federal help the state received to deal with the blazes. He also warned that there is still a considerable amount of work to be done, given that the fires continue to grow.

“I want to thank you and acknowledge the work you have done to be immediate in your response,” Newsom told the president during the meeting that took place at the Sacramento McClellan Airport. He went on to say that the help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been significant, Fox News reported.

Newsom urged the president to approve a disaster declaration for California back in late Aug. Trump not only approved the declaration but also ordered federal funding to be directed to the state as it battled the life-threatening wildfires.

About 17,000 firefighters are fighting 29 major wildfires, that have destroyed 4,100 buildings, and claimed 22 lives since mid-Aug. This year, fires have engulfed 3.3 million acres in the state.

The overall climate change and the wildfires have led to tension between Newsom and Trump, with the president accusing California of poor forest management. Moreover, Trump called out the state's governor to clean or rake the forest floors of debris, while advising the state to implement controlled burns.

Trump echoed his previous remarks, insisting that California needs to boost its forest management efforts, and Newsom acknowledged the remark. Claiming to have done justice to their forest management, he said the state acknowledges its role and response.

He also noted that a major portion of the land in the state is federally owned and that he believed climate change has played a major role in intensifying the fires. Newsom noted that they strongly feel that the hots are getting hotter and the dry spells are getting drier, pointing at something being wrong with the plumbing of the world.

He also noted that climate change is real, and it is intensifying the wildfires, that have grown increasingly common. California has recorded 43 wildfires from 1980 to 1999, and 300 from 2000 to 2019, which is an alarming rate of increase.