Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Trump if he wants to drill, 'do it off Mar-a-Lago'

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California and current critic of President Trump, has a message from one Republican former host of The Apprentice to another.

"Don't touch California. If you want to drill, do it off Mar-a-Lago," he tweeted, referring to Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida. "Or better yet, look to the future, follow California's lead and go green and we can all breathe easier. The U.S.'s largest economy is nearly 50 percent renewable. #ProtectThePacific." Schwarzenegger wasn't finished. "Our fishing, tourism, and recreation industries employ hundreds of thousands of great people," he said in a follow-up tweet. "Our coasts are an economic gold mine. Do not put them at risk."

The Trump administration announced earlier this month it plans on allowing new offshore oil and gas drilling in almost all U.S. coastal waters. The plan took a turn not long after, when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Florida is "obviously unique" and "off the table." His announcement came just after he spoke with the state's Republican governor, Rick Scott.

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