President Trump has praised emergency officials for their response to the devastating Hurricane Harvey as he hunkered down at Camp David.
The powerful Category 4 hurricane slammed into the Texas coast on Friday night with 130mph winds and left one person dead and 14 more injured as of Saturday.
Trump departed the White House before the storm, wishing luck to the state’s citizens and added that he would monitor the situation from Camp David.
The president tweeted out his praise to emergency officials for their response to the storm on Saturday, saying: ‘Wonderful coordination between Federal, State and Local Governments in the Great State of Texas – TEAMWORK!’
President Trump praised emergency officials for their response to Hurricane Harvey from Camp David on Saturday. The White House said Trump held a video conference with officials about the storm’s aftermath (pictured)
Trump said: ‘Wonderful coordination between Federal, State and Local Governments in the Great State of Texas – TEAMWORK!’
Trump had been active on Twitter on Saturday as he kept an eye on the hurricane’s aftermath from the presidential retreat in Maryland.
He also thanked volunteers pitching in with the storm of the decade’s relief effort.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the White House said Trump held a video conference with officials regarding Hurricane Harvey.
Trump instructed the relevant departments and agencies to ‘stay fully engaged and positioned to support his number one priority of saving lives.’
Trump also reminded his department heads that the full impact of the storm won’t be apparent for days.
Residents of Texas and Louisiana are facing heavy flooding, with up to five feet of rain and severe wind damage.
Trump instructed the relevant departments and agencies to ‘stay fully engaged and positioned to support his number one priority of saving lives’ in Harvey’s aftermath (pictured)
Trump signed a disaster declaration in response to the hurricane being elevated from a Category 3 to a Category 4 on Friday night
Although Trump is spending time at the private retreat, he certainly has been busy.
Trump signed a disaster declaration in response to the hurricane being elevated from a Category 3 to a Category 4 on Friday night.
Trump tweeted: ‘At the request of the Governor of Texas, I have signed the Disaster Proclamation, which unleashes the full force of government help!’
On Friday night Trump also signed a pardon for controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and an executive order that banned transgendered individuals from enlisting in the armed forces, reversing an initiative began by Obama.
A Rockport firefighter goes door to door on a search and rescue mission as he looks for people that may need help on Saturday