Former President Trump characterized the federal response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a 'betrayal' during a visit to the village.
Former President Donald Trump characterized the federal response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a"betrayal" during a visit to the village where residents and local leaders are increasingly frustrated more than two weeks after the disaster.
The trip offered Trump, who is running for president in 2024, an opportunity to reprise a role he had as president, when he surveyed disaster damage and met with impacted residents following tragic events. He said he would donate cleaning supplies along with pallets of what he said was Trump-branded bottled water to residents who remain concerned about the quality of their drinking water.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited the site last week and tried to reassure skeptical residents that the water was fit to drink and the air safe to breathe. Buttigieg had said he would go to East Palestine when it was appropriate and his visit wouldn't detract from the emergency response. Now, a Transportation Department spokesperson said that it's"moving out of the emergency response phase and transitioning to the long-term remediation phase."
Almost three weeks after the derailment, the smell of chemicals that blanketed the village is mostly gone. But some residents close to the tracks say there's still an odor inside their homes.
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