President Trump Issues Remarks at Briefing on Hurricane Florence Recovery Efforts in S.C.
We're delighted to have the President here and others, as well. We have not had a disaster like this one before. Hurricane Hugo, in 1989, was a tremendous blow, but it came in in
Hurricane Florence came in and stayed, going to
So the rain and the water that you see out there now is just the beginning. The worst is yet to come. We're going to have water outside this building, maybe four feet deep, maybe five feet deep, maybe something less. But we've got people that need help.
The good news is the team in
But the cooperation, and the assistance, and the encouragement, and the confidence they've given to our people, to the federal establishment and what we call "Team South Carolina," is beyond compare.
So we are confident that we are going to build our way out of this. We've managed the hurricane. Now we've got to manage the floods. And then we'll manage the reconstruction and the rebuilding.
And one great thing that we have helping us is this man standing behind me, President
THE PRESIDENT: First of all, Henry, thank you. And you're doing a fantastic job. Everybody. Everybody -- the job that you're doing, the coordination.
We just left
So the federal government is behind you. We have
Our team -- I don't think there's ever been a team like this. From everybody -- virtually everybody said it -- what we're doing on a federal basis, what you're doing on a local basis, and the coordination has been absolutely incredible.
So I know you have a rough few days. It will last a long time. It could last a long time. But you're going to have a rebuilding process, and we are behind you from day one. From three days ago, and now it looks nice, but it's really the calm before the storm. Because you're going to have a lot of water.
We see it; it's coming down. It just comes down. Nobody would believe a thing like this could happen. And already you've broken all records, and this is going to add four, five, six feet of water all over the state.
So I love
This room -- the job you do is great. And we really want to thank you. This is real emergency stuff at the highest level. And we want to thank you. So anything I can do, you all know where to call me. (Laughter.) And we will be there for
I'd like to introduce a man who has truly been working overtime and he has been prepared for this for actually a long time. But over the last four or five days, there's nobody that's worked harder than
And now, we're getting ready for this flood. We're really working on that infrastructure, getting ready move our people. And we've got backup to backup to backup. If we lose a road, which we don't think we're going to do, but if we lose a road, we've got bridges. We're going to bring the bridges in. We've got aircraft. We are ready to take care of the people of
I do want to give a real quick shout-out to the Governor's military force, the
Mr. President, thank you so much for your support of this great state.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Appreciate it. (Applause.)
DIRECTOR
You're making it easy for me. And I'm hoping we're making it easier for the President and the Governor and the General. Because if you do it right, it does become easier.
We're looking at a very tough situation in
But the team -- Team
So we know what we're facing. We want everybody else to understand what we may be facing. What's coming is unprecedented. But we want everybody to know this team, all of us -- state and federal partners -- are behind everybody in
And we will get through it. We'll make it happen. And we'll all be better for it in the end. And I'm just very proud. And, Mr. President, I just want to thank you for your commitment and help on the federal level for everything you're doing for us.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Good luck, everybody. We're with you all the way, 100 percent. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.)
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