Trump Says He’ll Visit TX As Soon As He Can Do So Without ‘Causing Disruption’

President Donald Trump first lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 in Morristown, N.J., for the return flight to Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, in Morristown, N.J., for the return flight to the Washington area. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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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.

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.

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  1. This is the same guy that criticized President Obama for NOT visiting Baton Rouge, LA, despite the fact that the Governor of LA asked him to wait. I know that inconsistency, duplicity, and lying are not unusual for President Trump, but surely the TPM does not have long term memory issues.

  2. Don’t come to Austin or Houston, asshole. You lost bigly in both areas and are less popular than Harvey. Try Corpus Christi. They elected Blake Farnethold. You may need to come in a cargolifter if he accompanies you, though.

  3. “Republican will win S!”

    I think he means “Shit.”

  4. There´s no Trump golf course there, so I doubt if he could find Texas on a map.

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