I’ve been on the phone with the governor this morning. But parenthetically, I should note I’ve spoken with the governors and the mayors and the commissioners. The numbers of still - are still unclear, but we’re hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida’s history. It made landfall yesterday and it is still - still moving across the state today. And they’re helping survivors that are really in desperate need.Īnd, you know, that’s what we’re doing as we focus on delivering help to the people who are directly impacted by Hurricane Ian. Most people want to run away from it these guys run toward it. You know, they’re always going to be above and beyond they’re running toward danger and - to save lives. Well, folks, I’m here at FEMA headquarters to thank Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Commandant of the Coast Guard Fagan and the Commanding General of the Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Spellmon and the FEMA Administrator, who’s become the MVP here these days - I spend a lot of time in this room - Criswell of FEMA and the entire workforce and many other federal agencies that are working together here. Is it working?”Īnd you’re busting your neck, and there are a lot of people out there on the line who are risking their lives. You are reinforcing people’s faith in the institutions that everything - not - that’s not how they think about the institutions, but in “Can it work? The government is here to serve me. They look on the television - they’re there in the middle of the eye of the storm - and they wonder - they wonder can we make it work, can we coordinate. People understand exactly what’s going on. Because they wonder whether or not the institutions work.Īnd you’re coordinating all these institutions. And I’ve just been up in the other room with, quote, “the bosses.” And, you know, one of the things that I think is so important is that there’s a lot over the last 6, 8, 10 years - there’s been a loss of faith in government along the way it just keeps eroding. THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, excuse my back. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.
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