Subject: Travel Pool report #12:
Motorcade pulled up to Church of Christ Cookeville at 12.19.
Among people with POTUS at last stop:
Bill Lee, governor of Tennessee
Ricky Shelton, city mayor
Randy Porter, Putnam County mayor
POTUS also spoke to Matt and Angela Suggs who lost their house.
Subject: Travel Pool report #13: Church visit
Trump met survivors at the Church Of Christ Cookeville in a hall filled with boxes of emergency supplies, pallets of water, tables filled with clothes and wheelbarrows leaning against the wall.
“We have done everything we need to do and our hearts go out to you,” POTUS told the crowd of about 100 people.
“We are with you all the way.
“When you have those who lost somebody that’s a very tough situation ... We are with you all the way.”
POTUS posed for pictures and shook hands with people before speaking to emergency responders.
“Whatever you need we are doing,” he told them. “You people have done incredible jobs.
“Nobody’s seen what you had to go through.”
Governor Bill Lee then led a small group in prayer.
POTUS praised the work of first responders.
“These people are incredible,” he said.
“It’s inspiring to see the way it all came together. Even all of the goods and supplies ... Tremendous amounts of food ... It all came in and matter of hours.
“It’s a case study of what should be done and how it can be done.
“It’s Tennessee.
“It is indeed the volunteer state.”
He posed for a group photo with emergency workers.
Motorcade rolling at 12:51.