Posted on 09/02/2017 12:39:33 PM PDT by bryan999
HOUSTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump flew to Houston on Saturday to meet with victims of Hurricane Harvey and see the effects of the record-setting storm while he presses for a multi-billion-dollar aid package.
Trump, facing the first natural disaster of his administration, was joined by his wife, Melania, as he passed out food and hugged, kissed and played with children at Houston's NRG Center, a 700,000-square-foot (65,000 square meter) facility that is now the city's largest emergency shelter.
Trump, who is making his second trip to the stricken state this week, asked Congress late on Friday for an initial $7.85 billion for hurricane recovery efforts. The request comes as Washington faces tough budget negotiations.
Trump told reporters at the center that his administration was moving fast to provide the financing for aid to the devastated region.
"We are signing a lot of documents to get money," he said.
Trump appeared relaxed as he posed for photographs with volunteers and chatted with those relocated to the shelter alongside Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Melania, the sleeves of her blue denim shirt rolled up, hugged a woman and chatted with a child.
"It has been a wonderful thing," Trump said of his meetings with the children as he helped serve food to evacuees amid shouts of "Thank you, sir."
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“But of course we all know he doesn’t really care......”
The African motif, and long dreadlocks...
He wasn’t just hamming it up with middle-class looking Blacks. He was hamming it up with the ‘brothas’.
This must have caused some sparks in Leftist brains.
The MSN will try to deny that this happened.
CNN : Melania’s “Texas” hat was made in China (sarcasm, but just a matter of time till this is “news”)
Sure gets old.
Yes, it really does.
I think many Americans are starting to get fed up with this constant criticism. He is our President! He has already done some really great things but all we hear from the media is trash talk. So sick of it!
Sure gets old.
Yes, it really does.
I think many Americans are starting to get fed up with this constant criticism. He is our President! He has already done some really great things but all we hear from the media is trash talk. So sick of it!
If Uncle Joe was handing out supplies there'd only be men on the receiving line...
We always tried to tell them Trump likes all manner of people.
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And vice versa. That’s what the media REALLY tries to keep secret.
Not meaning to imply that it could happen to Rockport, but some towns never come back from a hurricane. Diamond City, North Carolina ceased to exist and Wash Woods, Virginia became a ghost town. There may be others, but those two spring to my mind, being an NC native.
For someone the media constantly calls a racist, and has lost public support I couldn’t help notice the large amount of people including African Americans looking for a picture with him.
But they will fix it. I’m hoping President Trump will be calling on drywall manufacturers to up production and get members of the ABC to up their game to help out. You would be surprised at how fast things can be rebuilt with enough materials and willing hands. The biggest problem will be the haul off
The f*cking media will claim that he is not sincere.
If he doesn’t do it, they call him heartless. If he does it, they question his motives.
$hit on the media.
LOL, good one, 2ndDivVet!
I laughed, but isadly could see those exact words come out of her mouth.
I sadly
Some times that is ok. Others not so much.
Houston is going to need more landfill space for certain. Willing hands will be an issue - 100,000 homes alone? Yikes.
Melania wore the wrong shade lipstick for the media.
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