Trump, First Lady Hug Children, Serve Meals to Harvey Victims
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump traveled to Houston on Saturday to visit the victims of Hurricane Harvey and assess the damage to the city. It was their second trip to Texas this week.
While there, Tump and Melania handed out meals to the victims and hugged and played with children at Houston’s NRG Center, which is serving as the city’s largest shelter.
“It has been a wonderful thing,” Trump said about his experience meeting with the children and helping serve food.
Many could be heard shouting “Thank you, sir,” while others waited to take selfies with the president.
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The Trump administration sent lawmakers a request for an initial $7.9 billion in disaster relief funds.
Update: Trump amended the Texas disaster declaration on Saturday.
“Today, President Donald J. Trump made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Texas by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures as a result of Hurricane Harvey.
“Under the President’s major disaster declaration issued for the state of Texas on August 25, 2017, Federal funding was made available for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and Other Needs Assistance at 75 percent Federal cost sharing of the total eligible costs.
“Today, President Trump increased cost sharing to 90 percent Federal funding for debris removal, including direct Federal assistance, and a 100 percent Federal funding for emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, for 30 days from the start of the incident period, and then a 90 percent Federal cost share thereafter.” https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/09/02/trump-first-lady-serve-meals-victims-of-hurricane-harvey-n2376644
While there, Tump and Melania handed out meals to the victims and hugged and played with children at Houston’s NRG Center, which is serving as the city’s largest shelter.
“It has been a wonderful thing,” Trump said about his experience meeting with the children and helping serve food.
Many could be heard shouting “Thank you, sir,” while others waited to take selfies with the president.
SEE ALSO
Trump Just Announced Dozens of White House Appointments -- Here's the Full List
The Trump administration sent lawmakers a request for an initial $7.9 billion in disaster relief funds.
Update: Trump amended the Texas disaster declaration on Saturday.
“Today, President Donald J. Trump made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Texas by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures as a result of Hurricane Harvey.
“Under the President’s major disaster declaration issued for the state of Texas on August 25, 2017, Federal funding was made available for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and Other Needs Assistance at 75 percent Federal cost sharing of the total eligible costs.
“Today, President Trump increased cost sharing to 90 percent Federal funding for debris removal, including direct Federal assistance, and a 100 percent Federal funding for emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, for 30 days from the start of the incident period, and then a 90 percent Federal cost share thereafter.” https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/09/02/trump-first-lady-serve-meals-victims-of-hurricane-harvey-n2376644
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Reminds me of "Paul Ryan washes Clean Pots" at soup kitchen!
ROTFLMAO!
All I can say is, if Hillary Clinton had won the election and was president now, and her and Bill were the ones down in Texas now and the ones passing out food in the shelters and hugging the kids, would XX be posting constant seeds about the good the Clintons were doing?
What is that old saying? "Don't make me laugh?"
Of course, not. It is just politics like some push every day, Mr. Russell. If Hillary was President, I would be incessantly bashing her.
I don't know if your dislike of Trump equals my dislike of H. Clinton. You would have to go some to surpass my dislike of her, Nothing to do with Party.....just her. Oh, but I have had this hate on for her since her husband became president. She offends my senses.
I can't stand either one. both clinton and trump neither should have been president and I was sick that was to be the choice this last time. America had and has sunk to a new low.
It's really hard to believe those two were the freely chosen nominees of supposedly serious poliical parties.
The bottom line is we all have the FREEDOM to love, hate, agree or disagree with WHOMSOEVER we wish in any-every political structure: Representative democracy work!
As far President Donald Trump, any conformity, any displays of authentic humility, any uniformity tuned to the highly esteemed office he chairs, acts to humanize him. A true disrupter/builder/leader discerns the surfaces in our society where social rot and political taint have become a menace and he or she aggressively launches into action to blot those activities, laws, and regulations out! A true political disrupter is careful not to mangle, confuse, or otherwise raze the nation's political foundation.
So what is my point? it is simply this: For a good work I will not criticize President Donald Trump. I will only ask for more of the same for Houston, the state of Texas, and this nation. Overall, (Mr.) President Donald Trump you had a good day Saturday!
I wonder what trumps cut is in this scam.
Cynical bullshit.
For someone who is constantly chirping about how smart you are you appear to be willfully ignoring the pattern of this President. Smart people are able to figure it out without reading it in a book.
I believe that President Trump did a good thing, when he went back to Houston and helped out and played with the children. In times of crises, our president has to also be "comforter in chief", and he did a good job. I feel better about him. I've never felt badly about Melania, and I see her hand in this action. He can be human, after all... He can have concern for others... I hope he keeps up the good work! The area is going to need a lot of work to recover!
I'm not going to criticize him when he's trying to do the right thing-- even if he did it just for the photo op. Machts nichts, to me. He actually behaved presidentially. Way to go, President Trump!
See? I told you I would praise Trump when I thought he did something good!
I guess somebody told this narcissistic lump of constant BS that he'd better go back a third time and pretend he actually cared about any of this beyond the foto-op. Even then he tells people to "have fun" with their small box of food and water bottles? He's one sick POS.