Before Trump’s arrival, bulldozers were picking up the burned remains of boxcars that were piled up next to the contaminated soil. (AP)
Former President Donald Trump is preparing to visit the town of East Palestine, Ohio, in the next few hours to tour the place where a train derailment with a toxic spill occurred, amid the growing anger of residents and local governments at the response from the federal government to your concerns.
Trump and other Republicans have stepped up their criticism of President Joe Biden’s administration over its handling of the February 3 disaster, which prompted evacuations and fears of contaminated air and local drinking water. after a controlled burning of toxic chemicals on board the wagons.
Trump has strongly criticized the surprise trip to Ukraine by Biden, who has not yet gone to East Palestine. The president returns in the next few hours from Poland, where he went on the first year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“There are people in Ohio who desperately need help.”Trump said Monday during a Presidents Day event in Florida. “They are extraordinary people and they were abandoned. But I think they won’t abandon them anymore.” he said in an interview with Real America’s Voice.
Trump, who seeks to return to the White House in 2024, has the opportunity to resume the role of president, when he went to disaster sites. Senator JD Vance, Mayor Trent Conaway and other Republican state and local leaders are expected to be present when Trump arrives to donate cleaning supplies and bottled water.
Nearly three weeks after the derailment, the smell of chemicals that saturated the town has all but dissipated. Some residents who live near the tracks say a bit of the smell lingers in their homes.
Before the arrival of Trump, bulldozers were picking up burnt remains of wagons that were piled up next to the contaminated soil. Trucks bring contaminated water to a makeshift site where it is stored in metal containers before being taken to a hazardous waste repository.