Current livestream.
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President Trump holds a briefing with North Carolina emergency responders on the response to Hurricane Helene. Press conference below.
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Current livestream.
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President Trump holds a briefing with North Carolina emergency responders on the response to Hurricane Helene. Press conference below.
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Apologies, but when it comes out (if you’ve not seen it already) please watch what happens after Pres. Trump gets to LA and gets into the roundtable. Ultimately it is more turning California redder. Really, watch it happen.
Watching now . . .
First Lady Melania, President Trump and Ric Grenell . . .
President Trump speaking very strongly about letting people back into their houses, onto their properties to start the clean-up . . .
talking about eliminating FEMA and letting the states have their own money to address their own particular situations . . .
I am remembering President Obama punishing the University of North Carolina for the state of North Carolina not going along with the bathroom edict that President Obama issued . . . so President Obama was going to punish North Carolina by withholding “federal monies” . . .
that is the crux of the situation, regarding that money as “from” the federal government! States needs to hold back money from the federal government which is so wasteful AND punitive whenever the federal bureaucrats deem that “necessary”.
Look at the billions wasted by FEMA that did not go to help the people of North Carolina after the recent storm.
That money that was SUPPOSED to help in disaster relief for Americans was not being used to help those Americans in North Carolina.
The states need to hold back A LOT of money from the federal government! Rebuild OUR communities and towns, not send it to go into unknown pockets.
Yes, Mr. President, a week is a long time!
Another reminder what a destructive loser Obunga is and what a champion PDJT is. And then think of the media and cognoscenti worship of Obunga and consider how warped they are.
The shine on loser Obunga is fading fast … even the warped get it.
President Trump was very right to point out that he’s only had three days in office, and these fires started under Buyden’s regime.
While the devastation is perhaps more widespread and the loss of buildings is greater than in NC, I cannot comprehend how CA’s disaster is worse. The comparison of lives lost (and continued suffering of those who survived) tells me that it was worse in NC.
Californians should be so grateful to God that we have a real, fair, and compassionate President who is able to manage more than one thing at a time.
“The states need to hold back A LOT of money from the federal government!” And that is exactly WHY the original US Constitution banned, forbid, prohibited “capitation” and other direct taxes on the people. The federal government was only supposed to raise revenues from tariffs on imports, excise taxes and by levies on the several states.
Under that system the states could exercise enormous leverage over the federal government if states withheld their monetary contributions.
The original US Constitution was a genius designed document where every concentration of power could exercise checks against all other power-centers. The three branches could check each other. The states could check the feds and the feds could check the states.
The states’ check on the federal government was wiped out by three ill-conceived amendments – the 14th which elevated the federal government into unchecked authority over the states, the 16th which authorized the income tax giving the feds ability to raise unlimited amounts of money directly from the people, and the 17th that eliminated the states’ last check on the feds by making the Senate just another version of the popular-vote elected House.
These three amendments ended the true republic of states and ushered in today’s imperial federal government.
Wish I could recommend this a 1000X
Now some guy is arguing with PresTrump about FEMA and insurance companies, eliciting a strong response from PresTrump
And Trump gets a round of applause from the audience and many at the table!
I love that these Leftys are getting some pushback!
That CA politician was a typical libtard who wanted to argue with PDJT on policy as though he is Jim Acosta or some other fake news propagandist. He had the crazy lib facial expressions and a willingness to fight Trump harder than he will for his constituents. I know that his name is Brad. PDJT finally had to give him a verbal beat down.
Brad Sherman, Thousand Oaks area….member of congress… a real snake for years…
Trump’s pointing out that Insurance Cos left cuz CA f*cked it all up.
Stoopid Lefties want US citizens to pay for their mistakes.
It’s great that so many at the Table and in the audience disagree with these Lefties.
PresTrump says “you need to demand that you be allowed onto your property to clean it up TOMORROW”
He is tearing them up!
👏 👏 👍 👍
Easy to tell who in the room are Leftist….gimme-gimme 🤬🤬
There’s absolutely nothing in the Constitution which allows the federal government to spend funds on disaster relief.
At best it arbitrarily picks winners and losers. A farmer in Iowa who loses everything to a tornado may or may not get federal aid. A rancher in Texas who goes through repeated drought years and loses the herd and the ranch probably won’t get federal dollars.
Are the fires in La a real natural disaster? That country has periodically burned since that part of the USA was settled……that part is natural so is it an unexpected disaster? Freedom doesn’t work without individual responsibility for decisions made and actions taken and that includes where and how one chooses to live.
At worst federal aid is wasted on bureaucracy and never reaches victims who really need it.
State and local and private charity depending upon what the voters want at the state and local level……that’s true federalism. That’s the way our Republic was intended to work.
I noticed drastic differences between NC and CA.
The one N.C. pastor was talking about how so many
pitched in with help and donations from all
around the country. People helping people to
whatever extent they can….
I didn’t hear anyone talk about that in CA.🤷♀️
NC had no defense against Hurricane Helene.
The wildfires in CA could have been mitigated
or prevented.
For most in that room…this event did nothing
positive for CA. They came off as being incompetent
and demanding. Irritating.😖😏
I live in desert area in AZ….my town had prescribed
burn on Wednesday in one of our canyons. The threat
of fire is always present-but we have been pretty
proactive on trying to keep threat down.
CA— incompetent.
💥 💥 RSBN coverage now— Vote on Hegseth!
The US Forest Service and Dept of Interior control most of the forest in California.
Expect Trump to fix that mess right away.
What happened in NC and CA is horrific, to be sure. But if I were playing the “would you rather” game…
I’d rather be an oceanfront property owner with resources and infrastructure, and a place to go, who could prepare somewhat for the known wildfire risks…
Than a humble, poor mountain-dweller who works my ass of to take care of what little my family has – and watches it (and the landscape and infrastructure) crumble away in a never-before-seen crazy weather event where I have no place to escape but the top of my roof as I watch my naked dead neighbors floating by. And then risk freezing to death.
Hegseth confirmed!
@sentdefender
27m
The U.S. Senate has just confirmed Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense by a Tied Vote of 50-50, to be broken by a YES from Vice-President JD Vance.
https://nitter.poast.org/sentdefender/status/1882978754227847536#m
All businesses assess risk and reward. But that IS the business of insurance companies.
And they correctly assessed that these Occupation Governments planned to burn down California.
Malachi 4:
1 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
2 “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. 3 On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Hallelujah!
This is the development of the new reality TV.
it’s no good. depeche mode
I’m gonna take my time.
It’s no good. I’ll be fine.
I’ll be patiently waiting.
open up your eyes.
don’t say
understood.
now
procession.
God Bless America
nails
NYC, WTC
I understand the application of the lyricks. Just an observation of the video.
I guess FEMA shouldn’t have messed with those yard signs, huh?
Yup!
Obvious none in the room watched
his visit to N.C. earlier.
Clueless! …being nice here😇
One actually tried to make argument that since
Their fire was 16x bigger than Maui…they should
get 16x more money.🤦♀️🤬
No mention of NC..no surprise 🤬
Just.No. Words
“None in the room watched” [Trump’s statements in NC]
They knew there was going to be a big test today. They were provided with the exact questions beforehand. But they refused to do anything to prepare. They didn’t even cram at the last minute.
The turtle just voted no on Pete Hesgeth?
I can’t wait for that piece of human excrement to get his comeuppance, and his one way ticket straight to hell where he belongs!! Been a lot of cheating for a lot of years in KY! Go get them Mr. President! Expose and dispose of them!!
I think his successor voted yes. That’s nice.
And hopefully promising going forward.
the HARD kiss
in the meanwhile stage 4 prepares for 5.
now
God Bless America
The poor mayor thinks she is in charge, LOL.
Mayor: They can start clearing tonight. They can start clearing in a week.
Trump: Too long, they want to clear tonight.
And poor Mexico: No planes can land with illegals!
Trump: OK. Mexico can be the 52nd state, right after Greenland.
Is it just me or is Melania flexing on Casey DeSantis with that get up?… – The beanie hat is just *Chef’s Kiss* (And entirely practical, as well.)
it’s a hat to keep her head warm. even you should know that. look at her. she is dressed to keep warm.
she one smart lady. beanie and a parka ? yeah. she dressed for the weather. like I said, smart lady
she KNOWS who she is.
Congrats to new SecDef, Pete Hegseth!
Congrats to our REAL military war fighters! America’s decline is OVER!!!!
Pete will put the DOD’s Woke back in a coma.
Watch the enlistments take off with future War Fighters.
You’re ruining your site with those pop up ads at the top of the page…
The popup ads are annoying, but nowhere near as annoying as having to live without the Treehouse.
I donated as generously as I could last month, although I doubt I matched the revenue of ads.
Suggestion: We should all suck it up, and take care of the people who take care of us. That would be the Treehouse.
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/6647/president-trump-briefing-carolina-responders
Love the laser stare from First Lady Melania.
Yes, caught that …. Especially when she was looking at Newsom…. Had no use for Bass either…
PDJT totally in charge; even with the pretenders. And there a quite a few.
Of all the people there; can’t believe Ted Lieu was at the meeting. Nary a beep from him. He might as well be the doorpost.
Wow! The First Lady is even gorgeous wearing a toque!
It was great to see them both greeting common folk in N.C.,
…but do they get that extra ‘no-fault’ 15% too?
Remember ‘COVID CASH’? Same thing should apply here…a given amount should be dropped into the accounts of flood and fire victims (by zip code, not county) to HELP people get back on their feet.