The town of East Palestine, Ohio, USA, was derailed by a train earlier and became the hardest hit area for toxic chemical spills. Although half a month has passed since the incident, President Biden has not visited the scene so far, and has been criticized by local mayors and Republicans. Former President Trump came to the local area on the 22nd, and the analysis believes that Trump's trip is also to seek more support for him to participate in the 2024 election.
Trump inspected the site of the "drug train" incident and donated supplies, accusing the Biden administration of "indifference and betrayal"
On the 22nd local time, former US President Trump arrived in East Palestine, where the chemical train derailment accident occurred in Ohio, met with Republican Senator Vance of Ohio and Trent Conway, Mayor of Eastern Palestine, and delivered a speech, and then went to the fire station near the derailment site.
Trump's visit comes at a time of frustration and distrust among local people about the federal government's handling of residents' security concerns. It is reported that Trump and other Republicans are very unhappy with the Biden administration's response to the accident and Biden's still not visiting the local area. In his speech, he accused the Biden administration of showing "apathy and betrayal" in responding to the incident.
"Unfortunately, as you know, on too many occasions, your kindness and perseverance have met with indifference and betrayal at some point." Speaking in the town of East Palestine, Trump said Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency had said "they will not provide assistance to East Palestine under any circumstances."
The Hill said Trump added, "When I announced I was coming, they changed their attitude." This is a surprising situation. "We got them to act."
The Associated Press said that Biden's absence gives Trump, who is running for the White House in 2024, an opportunity to return to the role of president, representing that only he really cares about the situation of the American people. US media also said that Trump's trip to Ohio has strong political overtones. Ohio, where the incident took place, is a traditionally Republican conservative state, and Trump won nearly 72% of the vote in the 2020 election. It is understood that Trump also donated cleaning supplies and 14,000 bottles of drinking water this time.
The mayor of the derailment incident in Oh criticized Biden's visit to Kiev: Throwing money in Ukraine, but not supporting us
US President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine to show his so-called firm support for Ukraine and its democratic allies. Conservative media such as Fox News said that Biden's coming to Kiev was like stepping onto the most shining stage at present, just to cooperate with the "performance" before announcing his re-election.
In this regard, the psychology of the people of eastern Palestine in Ohio is not a taste, the local mayor said in an interview with the US media that the President of the United States was not in the United States but in Ukraine on "President's Day", which means that he does not care about the local people, is the biggest slap in the face to the local people, and is angry at Biden's practice of providing hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid to Ukraine.
Trent Conway, mayor of East Palestine, where the Ohio train derailment story occurred:
Biden's surprise visit to Kiev is the biggest slap in the face to me, he doesn't care about us now. He gave millions of dollars to people there at a briefing in Ukraine, and instead of giving it to us, I was outraged. President's Day in our country, the president he is in Ukraine. All this tells you what kind of person he is.
Republicans are also criticizing Biden's surprise trip to Ukraine, saying it ignores domestic issues such as national security. Since the Ohio train derailment, the Biden administration has sent officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to inspect the site, but refused to declare a state of emergency.
Transport Minister Buttigieg has not been to the scene of the accident, and the way he handled it has drawn widespread criticism. In the two years he has been in office, the Ministry of Transport has been slow to adopt new railway safety regulations. Buttigieg also sought to shift the blame to the railroad industry, suggesting that its heavy lobbying led Congress to limit the transportation department's ability to act. Buttigieg announced a series of reforms for freight trains this week, including a desire for railway companies to accelerate the phased adoption of stronger, new equipment for tank cars carrying volatile or toxic substances.
A little more news:
The video before the Ohio drug train flipped overturned was exposed, and the chassis was suspected to be overheating
Video before the derailment of a dangerous goods train in Ohio, USA, was exposed. On the day of the incident, surveillance video of the derailed train passing through a factory showed that the chassis of the train was suspected to be overheating and bursting into flames, and the train had not yet derailed at that time. The accident, which occurred on February 3, caused the release of a large amount of toxic chemicals, billowing smoke, and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents, and the clean-up is expected to take a long time.
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