“As tough as this was, it’s been a wonderful thing”, Trump said of the love he witnessed at NRG.
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And Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on “Fox News Sunday” that he and Trump believe Harvey relief funds for Texas should be tied to an increase in the debt limit. “So we haven’t even spent a single cent yet and we’re already going out and making a big impact”.
“We hope that these games can serve as a welcome distraction for our city that is going through a very hard time”, Astros president Reid Ryan said.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a temporary change Monday that would “rush recovery money” into the hands of National Flood Insurance Program policyholders. “The bottom line is is that it’s not going to be enough to make anybody whole”.
Damage from the storm is also posing an economic and humanitarian challenge for Trump, who visited Houston on Saturday and met some of the thousands of people in evacuation shelters and rescue workers who have helped shuttle survivors to safety.
Although some may return to find their houses intact, many others will return to find their that their homes are virtually swimming pools.
Hurricane Harvey is Trump’s first natural disaster as president and it could be the costliest natural disaster in us history. “It’s something that’s been very well received”. On Tuesday, Trump visited Corpus Christi and Austin to meet with local officials, while drawing some criticism for failing to mention the victims of the storm.
U.S. President Donald Trump hands out emergency supplies to residents impacted by Hurricane Harvey while visiting the First Church of Pearland in Texas.
Trump’s visit came after a week of historic flooding in the area that killed at least 40 people, displaced more than 1 million and dumped as much as 50 inches (127 cm) of rain in some areas.
The president and first lady are on their way to Texas, boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on a cold and rainy morning. “We knew we have a long way to go, but the water’s disappearing”. We will see you soon.
In Crosby, Texas, smoke and flames shot up from a chemical plant after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up a day earlier because they lost refrigeration. Today it’s all swept up and cleaned up.
“If it’s down to $1 billion or less, then I would say there’s a great concern”, said Elizabeth Zimmerman, who until January was FEMA’s associate administrator for the office of response and recovery.
Trump closed by discussing the effort to rebuild.
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“We’ve got a lot of hardworking people, I’ll tell you that”, Mr. Trump said.
