Forty-fifth President Donald Trump announced on Friday he will visit East Palestine, Ohio next week to help and meet with members of the community after a train derailment has led to a large release of toxic chemicals in the area.
Once Trump, who is running for president, announced his trip to Ohio, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reversed its decision to reject a federal disaster request from Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH).
“Biden and FEMA said they would not be sending federal aid to East Palestine. As soon as I announced that I’m going, he announced a team will go. Hopefully, he will also be there. This is good news because we got them to ‘move,’” Trump wrote in a statement and in a post on his booming social media platform Truth Social.
“The people of East Palestine need help. I’ll see you on Wednesday,” Trump added.
Governor DeWine announced in a statement with FEMA Regional Administrator Thomas C. Sivak that federal efforts to assist East Palestine will begin Saturday.
The Regional Incident Management Assistance Teams (IMAT) “are rapidly deployable assets that provide the federal government’s initial coordination and response capability prior to and in the immediate hours following a serious incident.”
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials will reportedly join FEMA. In addition, HHS will be setting up a medical facility for members of the community.
Original article: https://dcenquirer.com/trump-forces-bidens-hand-fema-makes-major-change-as-trump-shows-true-leadership-we-got-them-to-move/
