{"id":1508,"date":"2023-02-22T09:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2023-02-22T09:21:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:21:08","slug":"report-president-trump-to-visit-contaminated-ohio-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1508","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: President Trump to Visit Contaminated Ohio Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A source near former President Donald Trump informs reporters that he will travel to East Palestine, Ohio next week to meet with members of the afflicted community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-visit-east-palestine-toxic-train-derailment\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News<\/a>, said that the source indicated Trump has a strong relationship with the people of Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has refrained from commenting on the disaster in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/stonewalled-by-buttigieg-and-biden-ohio-senator-j-d-vance-takes-swift-action-to-get-answers-for-the-people-of-east-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ohio<\/a>&nbsp;thus far, and some have suggested he is withholding commentary until he has an opportunity to assess the situation firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his first term as President, Trump was known for visiting disaster areas personally in Tennessee, Texas, Puerto Rico, Alabama and many others typically to survey hurricane and tornado damage, as reported in a compilation by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-visits-to-natural-disaster-sites-as-president\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rumble-com wp-block-embed-rumble-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Trump Gives The REAL State Of The Union After Biden&amp;apos;s Mess Of A Speech\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v266z2s\/#?secret=qB5hNh9V47\" data-secret=\"qB5hNh9V47\" width=\"854\" height=\"478\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Trump Gives The REAL State Of The Union After Biden&amp;apos;s Mess Of A Speech\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v266z2s\/#?secret=qB5hNh9V47\" data-secret=\"qB5hNh9V47\" width=\"854\" height=\"478\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration has come under intense criticism for its lackluster response to the environmental catastrophe. In particular, the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/this-makes-zero-sense-white-house-releases-ridiculous-reason-why-fema-aid-was-denied-to-east-palestine-following-train-derailment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/farmer-leftist-climate-biden-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/transportation-secretary-buttigieg-europe-trip-military-aircraft-husband\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Transportation<\/a>\u00a0have come under heavy scrutiny from the people of Ohio and Republican members of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leaders of these departments, particularly Secretary of Transportation\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/pete-buttigieg-blame-trump-east-palestine-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and FEMA Administrator\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/desantis-reporter-hurricane-ida-preparation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deanne Criswell<\/a>\u00a0have received much of the criticism directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/vance-watch-fcc-racist-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senator J.D. Vance<\/a>\u00a0of Ohio has led the charge in demanding action from the Democrat-led Senate and the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Visited a local creek in East Palestine today. These waterways are still very polluted. It\u2019s time for Norfolk Southern to finish the cleanup. Check this video out: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4lsHBmrMJj\">pic.twitter.com\/4lsHBmrMJj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1626305927207854089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former President\u2019s eldest son Donald Trump Jr., confirmed the report in a tweet writing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cBreaking News: Trump will visit East Palestine, Ohio next week. If our \u201cleaders\u201d are too afraid to actually lead real leaders will step up and fill the void.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking News: Trump will visit East Palestine, Ohio next week. <br>If our \u201cleaders\u201d are too afraid to actually lead real leaders will step up and fill the void.<\/p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1626735614639964160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials rather than announcing a visit from President Joe Biden or even Vice President Kamala Harris to survey the damage will instead send additional staff from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to carry out public testing according to a release reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland19.com\/2023\/02\/17\/cdc-heading-east-palestine-public-health-testing-white-house-says\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WOIO-TV.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration is committed to supporting the people of East Palestine every step of the way, and holding Norfolk Southern accountable,\u201d the news release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This news followed a visit from EPA Administrator Regan who told locals to \u201ctrust the government,\u201d according to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-us-environmental-protection-agency-ohio-pennsylvania-business-a686a906bc165d890097646b77412b1d\" target=\"_blank\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/report-president-trump-to-visit-contaminated-ohio-community\/\">https:\/\/dcenquirer.com\/report-president-trump-to-visit-contaminated-ohio-community\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A source near former President Donald Trump informs reporters that he will travel to East Palestine, Ohio next week to meet with members of the afflicted community. The report from&nbsp;Fox News, said that the source indicated Trump has a strong relationship with the people of Ohio. Trump has refrained from commenting on the disaster in&nbsp;Ohio&nbsp;thus far, and some have suggested he is withholding commentary until he has an opportunity to assess the situation firsthand. During his first term as President, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}