Trump meets with survivors as he surveys tornado damage in Tennessee

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he tours damage from a recent tornado, in Cookeville, Tenn., on March 6, 2020.President Donald Trump on Friday toured a neighbourhood reduced to rubble by a tornado earlier this week and marvelled at “the tremendous heart” he witnessed. He also offered a message for survivors and those who lost family members: “We love them, they’re special people,” he said.

“It’s been a painful, tragic week for our state,” Lee said after surveying with Trump a street where eight people were killed. Trump then met with survivors and volunteers at a local church filled with boxes of emergency supplies, pallets of water and tables filled with clothes. He posed for pictures and shook hands with people before speaking to emergency personnel. “Nobody’s seen what you had to go through,” Trump said.

Field trip?

You have to remember, everything he does is about him.

While wearing campaign gear. Has any president worn campaign gear while touring a disaster area?

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