President Donald Trump on Sunday said he will visit Texas, where rescue efforts continued amid the destruction and flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, as soon as he could do so “without causing disruption.”
“The focus must be life and safety,” Trump tweeted.
He also announced he would visit Missouri, where Trump said he “won by a lot” in 2016, and pledged, “Republican will win S!” It was not immediately clear what he meant by the abbreviation.
I will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption. The focus must be life and safety.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2017
I will also be going to a wonderful state, Missouri, that I won by a lot in '16. Dem C.M. is opposed to big tax cuts. Republican will win S!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2017
Trump in earlier tweets praised the response to the storm, itself the first major emergency management test of his presidency.
Harvey made landfall Friday night, and the National Hurricane Center said early Sunday morning that the storm continued to cause “catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas.”
This post has been updated.
