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Trump’s Disaster Response Chief Believes He Was Teleported to a Waffle House
The Daily Beast via Yahoo ^ | March 20th, 2026 | Isabel van Brugen

Posted on 03/20/2026 6:46:11 PM PDT by Mariner

President Donald Trump’s top official overseeing disaster response insists he was once teleported to a Georgia Waffle House.

Gregg Phillips, appointed in December to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Office of Response and Recovery, made the claim during a January 2025 episode of the podcast Onward, CNN reported on Friday in a deep-dive profile of the top official.

“Teleporting is no fun,” Phillips said on the podcast, co-hosted by conservative activist Catherine Engelbrecht. “It was real.”

Phillips, a longtime conservative activist who repeatedly shared conspiracy theories on social media before being appointed to a top FEMA position, described an incident in which he said he teleported miles across Georgia.

“I was with my boys one time, and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House,” he said. “And I ended up at a Waffle House – this was in Georgia, and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was.”

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To: ConservativeMind

The center of the universe is in Wallace, Idaho.
There’s a sign and everything.

https://www.wallaceid.fun/places/united-states/idaho/wallace/attractions-museums-destinations/center-of-the-universe-wallace-idaho/


21 posted on 03/20/2026 7:24:11 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Mariner

22 posted on 03/20/2026 7:25:12 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Mariner

I’d like to know how that happened, because I have enjoyed stopping at the Waffle House while on the road but haven’t been to one in many years because I don’t travel where they are anymore and the nearest one is 300 miles away. Teleporting would be preferable to a ten-hour round trip.


23 posted on 03/20/2026 7:31:46 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Waffle House ping


24 posted on 03/20/2026 7:53:45 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: dfwgator

I want the Waffle House Snow Globe but The Wyf sez we have too much stuff already.

https://shop.wafflehouse.com/collections/accessories-and-gifts/products/waffle-house-christmas-snow-globe


25 posted on 03/20/2026 7:54:58 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: Mariner

I was once teleported to a whore house in Tijuana.

There is no other explanation.


26 posted on 03/20/2026 8:05:57 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Not all 2,000,000,000 muslims want to murder me. But 200,000,000 probably do.)
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To: Mariner

I wish I could be teleported to a Waffle House. There’s none in New York State. I’d love to have breakfast at one, but I’m not driving to Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware.


27 posted on 03/20/2026 8:06:16 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: hole_n_one

If I remember correctly, he was heavily involved in trying to prove election rigging/interference in 2020. He invited a bunch of noob conservative influencers to something called “the Pit” - a conference to share info. Afterwards some of the participants said it seemed he knew nothing and was just trying to learn what they all new - a total bust. Some of the original “We the media/Badlands” people took part.


28 posted on 03/20/2026 8:16:36 PM PDT by happyathome
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To: Mariner

In my twenties I quite often teleported to a Waffle House and sometimes to other all night dining establishments.

That was in the ‘70s and back then we called it “blackout drunk.”
I don’t know why, we just made up names for things then.

So glad I quit all that ‘teleporting’ in the early ‘80s.
I know some people who ended up in much worse places than a Waffle House.


29 posted on 03/20/2026 8:17:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (Are the RINOs helping the Democrats wage their color revolution?)
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To: ConservativeMind

“Waffle House is the center of the universe, as I understand it, so this may be common.”

At the least, it must be a portal to another dimension, given the people you meet there.


30 posted on 03/20/2026 8:20:55 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest holeYou had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
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To: Mariner
Oh, come on...

Everyone knows that Trump will only teleport to a place with "Trump" emblazoned across the rooftop.

This just proves how bad the left is at creating memes.

-PJ

31 posted on 03/20/2026 8:24:23 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Mariner

and John Fetterman was there waiting for him


32 posted on 03/20/2026 8:25:37 PM PDT by orlop9
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To: Mariner

“I Was Teleported...to the Waffle House!”
That sounds like a Harold and Kumar episode.
I loved the one where the Boys went to
the White Castle!

**I’m making a mild joke about his statement, even though I personally do believe in the possibility of time travel and certain other phenomena.
But, I also know it’s sometimes better to keep uncommon beliefs to oneself, especially when they have nothing to do with my employment.


33 posted on 03/20/2026 8:28:25 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Mariner

Waffle Houses often are a disaster, so he’s probably right for the job.


34 posted on 03/20/2026 8:29:04 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: Uncle Miltie

Ass-Tral Projection, perhaps?


35 posted on 03/20/2026 8:29:52 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Political Junkie Too
For proof...

Where did Joe Biden actually go after failing so badly in his debate with Trump, and then blamed it on a head cold?

If you have a head cold as the reason for failing your most important engagement, where would YOU go to spread those germs afterwards?

-PJ

36 posted on 03/20/2026 8:30:00 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Mariner

Ok then. Time for him to be replaced.


37 posted on 03/20/2026 8:32:21 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Mariner

OMG, this is nothing more than a tall tale told for entertainment. A story told by an adult for entertainment, especially told when kids are around or people to stupid to understand what it is, commonly called a yarn. Like a roll of yarn it just unravels into whatever you want.


38 posted on 03/20/2026 8:43:15 PM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Mariner

Charlie Kirk said he could astral project.


39 posted on 03/20/2026 8:47:25 PM PDT by roving
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To: Mariner

I can think of other places I’d like to teleport to. Where do I put in my request?


40 posted on 03/20/2026 8:55:53 PM PDT by KittyKares
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