Donald Trump completed his tour of the Central Texas, where he met with government officials and those who suffered from destructive floods last week. Participants in the discussion on Washington Week with Atlantic He joined to discuss the role of federal agencies and emergency response in accordance with the second administration of Trump.
Presidents from Bill Clinton often made emergency disasters in response – this is “to find ways to contact people in the field” and “show that they are not only going to bring resources from the federal government, but also understand their position,” – Peter Baker, the main correspondent of the White House in New York TimesHe said last night. “And this is simply not where Trump is. Sometimes he is very good in mobilizing resources, but I think that he is not good in communicating with people who experience pain. ”
Although the president “was more sensitive than we saw him in the past”, Tarini Party, a White House reporter in A Wall Street JournalHe added that he still wanted to “deploy the response of his administration.” Unlike other administrations, she continued, Trump decided to reduce his federal answer, instead relying on state and local officials.
Joining Ashley Parker, moderator of the invited AtlanticTo discuss this and much more: Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House correspondent for New York Times; Tarini Party, White House reporter in Wall Street Journal; Nancy Yusef, a full -time writer in Atlantic; and Peter Baker, the chief correspondent of the White House for New York TimesField
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