Trump signed measures Thursday revoking waivers for the state's mandates that clean up car and truck exhaust and ramp up sales of electric vehicles. California and 10 other states immediately sued and the governor ordered the air board to craft a new mandate.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

Trump had campaigned against three programs that allowed the states to require manufacturers to sell an increasing amount of electric cars and trucks, phase out sales of gasoline powered cars by 2035,

“We officially rescue the US auto industry from destruction by terminating California’s electric vehicle mandate, once and for all,” Trump said June 12. More: 'Political props': From deployment to a parade, Trump's use of military prompts concerns ...

President Donald Trump signed congressional resolutions ending California's electric vehicle mandates and diesel engine restrictions.

President Donald Trump is signing a measure on Thursday morning preventing California from phasing out the sale of most gas-powered vehicles by 2035, a White House official confirmed to the Washington Examiner.