Trump stops in Asheville to see Helene damage ahead of eastern NC rally
A little bit better crew and to uh do a
better job than has been done by the White House
It's been not good not good
I'm here today in Western North Carolina to express a
simple message to the incredible people of the state
I'm with you and the American people are with you
all the way
We're gonna continue to be with you
We'll see what happens with the election and we uh
on January 20th you can have a I think a
new crew coming in to do it properly and help
you in a proper manner to every family that lost
loved one or a loved one
This terrible storm we ask God to give you strength
and comfort and peace
You will have comfort and peace
It's been a terrible ordeal in this area was hit
about as hard as anybody has ever seen to all
those homes and your homes have been destroyed
Many of you are rebuilding and many of you are
going to just start all over again and the communities
were ravaged and destroyed
We are praying for you and we will not forget
about you
We will never forget about you
We are going to be working with you for a
long time to come to get it back together
When I am president I will stand with you until
the communities are fully rebuilt
Every single inch of every property will be fully rebuilt
Greater and more beautiful than it was before you gonna
have better
What happened to this neighborhood and the communities all across
North Carolina South Carolina Florida Alabama Virginia
Tennessee was an act of absolute devastation
Helene's vicious floodwaters tore wives from the arms of their
husbands
Mud slides buried the entire families and buried entire families
Grandparents died alongside their grandchildren homes towns farms roads bridges
schools throughout the region
They now lie in ruin so beautiful so beautiful an
area so beautiful
It was but it will be more beautiful but you
can never forget the death the death
All of America shares your sorrow and your grief
Over the past few weeks this region has seen an
extraordinary hardship but in the midst of such terrible tragedy
we have also seen the extraordinary love that binds us
together as Americans and it does indeed
I want to thank our great first responders
I they've never let us down
They never this was a tough one but they never
let us down
And the emergency personnel who leapt into action with such
great heroism including the incredible firefighter and his nephew who
lost their lives trying to save their neighbors
A lot of heroes really developed with this that we
talked about for a long time to come
They will not be forgotten
Thanks also to the many wonderful charities and service organizations
that have uh become so familiar to so many
The burden of the response has been incredible in the
wake of this horrible storm
Many Americans in this region felt helpless and abandoned and
left behind by their government
And yet in North Carolina's hour of desperation the American
people answered the call much more so than your federal
government
Unfortunately citizens poured into western North Carolina from all over
the country bringing food water fuel medical aid even helicopters
and their own uh rescue standards started and they started
at a very high level credible what they've done
Having no experience they learned very quickly but they have
helped so much
Nothing is more inspiring than to see the American spirit
triumph over adversity with the most selfless acts of generosity
and love
One of the patrons who stepped forward to help was
Adam Smith a former green beret
Adam transformed the parking lot of a Harley Davidson dealership
into a makeshift airbase to help distribute supplies
Did an incredible job Adam what an amazing act of
citizenship and service
And I think Adam might be here
Where's Adam Adam Come on up here say a few
words Adam thank you very much
Thank you very much
Great job
I've seen him on television quite a bit
What a job you've done
Thank you
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Thank you very much
Thank you Mr President
I appreciate it
I just want to say thank you for coming
Thank you for everybody here
The biggest fear that Western North Carolina is sitting on
right now at least from the communities we've talked to
is being forgotten and to have you here and have
an opportunity to have this conversation at a national level
will keep Western North Carolina on the map and not
leave the communities holding the bag on the back end
of this
So we're very grateful that you've shown up and we're
very grateful that you've taken the time
We're also appreciative in the timeline that you did
It gave us space to operate and function and gave
us space to provide relief where it needed to go
And we're very grateful for that Mr President
Thank you very much sir
Thank you very much
We're also joined by Brian Burpo owner of Diamondback four
by four where we are today
And Brian you have a very interesting story to tell
Do you mind telling it Thank you
So I got a phone call from uh my general
manager and uh he said well the building's underwater and
I couldn't believe it because the river is so far
away from us and I thought he was just playing
a joke or whatever else but we finally made our
way to the building and um I couldn't believe what
I saw when I got off the swan no exit
We lost bridges
We've lost businesses we lost homes we've lost people
The devastation here is just not anything I would have
ever imagined
So I think all of the first responders all of
the nonprofit organizations that have come to our aid to
help with the machinery and the people the hands the
boots on deck
I I just it's amazing
I am overwhelmed by generosity and even with everything that's
going on in our country today for the past three
weeks that was put to the side and everybody joined
together and lent a hand
Um Some people couldn't be here so they sent their
contributions uh with somebody else and they indirectly helped that
Uh We we need those people still
We need that support
Um We're good on water though
We got plenty of water so we're good on water
But um we have pallets of water laying around if
anybody needs water
But um we we are are very humbled and honored
that uh that you guys keep us in your in
your minds and in your prayers uh we're gonna need
that for quite some time
So as there are still families that are displaced from
each other uh pray pray for peace for those folks
some peace of mind
Um Mr President I can't thank you enough for coming
out
I've had it in the back of my mind
I just I even made a comment to somebody Trump
would just show up
Trump would just show up
We need it we need that shot of hope in
the arm
We need that
Uh We need to know we're going to be ok
and not forgotten
You won't be
Thank you
You
Thank you very much
Great job
And Mike Stewart the owner of Pine View Buildings is
here Mike
Mike please
Yeah we uh we had a business right across the
street like with the Swan river flowing on the backside
of it
And uh we lost everything
We had 70 plus buildings and we drove here two
days later and there wasn't one building that was ours
but there were houses and trailers and tankers and all
sorts of things that were strewn across our property and
we lost a business
But there are a lot of people who who lost
everything including loved ones
And I believe that you can serve as a great
inspiration to this community right now
And the reason being is I think God's given you
an indomitable spirit and no matter what gets thrown at
you um You find a way to press through and
I think that will serve as an inspiration to this
community to press on and move forward
Um I can't think of anything I'd rather have than
a a warrior leading our country a warrior who with
the help of God and with faith and prayer will
lead this community these communities and this country uh to
greatness
So thank you for being here today
I never heard that was from the heart
No speech writer could write that if you don't mind
just because my heart is about to be like do
you mind if I pray for you Ok
So and all those of you that are prayers would
you join with me in this prayer Father I thank
you for this man that you have raised up in
this moment in this season for your purposes
And I pray that you would anoint him that things
aren't done just by might or by power but by
your spirit
So I ask that you anoint President Donald Trump and
give him a spirit of wisdom and understanding and insight
as he moves to lead this nation back to greatness
Jesus name
I pray
question
Wow that's something you don't hear that often
It's incredible and I appreciate that from both and from
everybody
That's really nice
Um I would I would like to thank some of
the people that have come
Senator Ted Butt who's been so fantastic a great senator
and uh become a very popular senator too highly highly
respected in Washington DC and he's here and I'd like
him just to say a couple of words Ted if
you don't mind please come on up
like Stone Mike
I want to thank you for your prayers uh for
the president and for this region because uh people who
first looked at this and they said this might be
days or weeks but this is gonna take months and
years
And Mr President I'm grateful for you coming here and
I want you all to know as the president and
I spoke and I spoke with his team
He was like when can we come to North Carolina
I said soon Mr President but there's a lot of
work to be done and nobody understands that like a
builder how to build or in this case how to
rebuild something
So Mr President I appreciate you coming here your heart
for the people your love for them
And um it's going to take a lot of work
for Western North Carolina and I don't think anybody that's
running for office understands it as well as you do
So thank you for coming for your understanding for your
love for this country
And we look forward to making what's a great area
greater
Once again God bless you
Thank you
Interestingly I came actually right after the storm I'd like
you to know that and I came to North Carolina
but uh this was so rough so bad
We couldn't come in
I didn't want to come in actually because I want
you to do what you had to do
I didn't want to be in anybody's way but we
were in North Carolina immediately right after the storm
1st 1st 1
And uh I said you got to let him just
work for a little while and believe it or not
a lot of progress has been made
You look at uh how it is hard to believe
but a lot of progress has been made
So it was an honor to to be here very
early
Thank you very much also uh along with the senator
who really has been doing fantastically
Well I'm proud of him
Representatives Chuck Edwards and Virginia Fox
You ok let's check this
Well thank you Mr President
Thanks so much for taking the time to come to
Western North Carolina
We've seen other folks do a flyover
It is uh so heartening to see you here with
some dust on your shoes actually seeing what's taken place
It means so much to the folks here whose lives
have been turned upside down whose homes have been destroyed
whose lost loved ones whose businesses have been destroyed
Uh We're so incredibly honored that you're gonna help keep
the emphasis on us rebuilding this this beautiful community for
those of you who uh who did not get to
see it I offered uh because you know I also
own mcdonald's restaurants
I know that you perfected your skills behind the counter
a day or so ago
And uh it was my honor to present uh President
Trump with the uh French Fry certification P
Uh So thank you so much for being here
God bless you
Thank you
Well thank you very much
Um Tim Moore is here
You're very special uh house speaker and he's been a
great friend of mine for a long time and thank
you very much for for uh where are you Tim
Thank you Mr President
Well I'll just say as the speaker of the State
House I've not gotten a single call from the White
House but this man and his team have been in
touch with us from day one and Mr President I
appreciate that and looking forward to seeing you back in
the White House
Thank you sir
I appreciate it
And Shane Hilliard you're wonderful sheriff
Appreciate it
Great job
You've been busy I guess a little bit a little
bit busier than you're supposed to be
Thank you Sheriff and a friend of ours Linda mcmahon
who has been incredible
She was in charge of the small business group in
Washington and it was actually a big business and she
did incredibly
They told me the other day you were the best
there ever was at that and we appreciate it very
much
Great job
Thank you very much Linda
I also want to thank everyone who supported the gofundme
We set it up right after the storm left almost
immediately and I authorized a lot of people to help
and those affected by hurricane Helene uh were badly affected
and nothing can really take uh really make amends for
what happened especially when it came to the death the
property you're gonna end up having bigger and better and
nicer and everything
But the death was horrendous
And to date we raised $8 million of which 7
million has been distributed to the various charities that are
helping you and the rest is going to go
And if you people have some recommendations I'd like to
have them
Uh we helped Franklin Graham he's done such a great
job
Uh and some of the others that have done a
great job
And uh if you have recommendations I'd like to have
them because we have more coming and we have more
already in the till
So we raised $8 million which is great
That's contributions from a lot of great people
Ok
But give us give us those recommendations if you would
I'd like to take them and do it the way
you'd like to do
Right
Thank you very much
We've distributed these funds directly to uh the organizations already
Uh and there's going to be a lot of additional
funds coming
I believe today I'm promising the people of the state
that when I am president if I'm president I feel
better saying that because you never want to take something
like that for granted
I feel actually a little bit better they always say
oh please please don't say that sir say when we
have to vote and they have to get out and
vote and we can't have four more years of what
we've just had that I can tell you but uh
I will support and totally complete the rebuilding of every
region and town and city that was devastated by the
hurricane and I will slash through every bureaucratic barrier that
you're having already and having problems with right now I
understand pretty badly to help you get back on your
feet
And I will personally recruit businesses from all over the
world to help restore the prosperity to the region
They'll be moving in
They're going to be a lot of businesses businesses are
going to be moving back to our country through the
proper use of taxation incentives and uh tariffs
One of the most beautiful words that nobody understands or
very few people understand he understands it but we're going
to be uh using tariffs and good proper tax uh
taxation and very importantly incentives
And we're going to have a lot of people moving
back to your state and this region but your state
they're going to be very interested in North Carolina will
stop throwing our money overseas and we're going to let
our country benefit
We're going to put America first
It's time we put America first
We've been helping countries for 50 years
We've been helping them for 50 years
Never stops and when we need help from them they're
not there
So that's the way it is
But it's vital that we not let this hurricane that
has taken so much
Also take your voice
You must get out and vote
The polls are open for early voting every day between
now and November 2nd
And you know the thing that amazes me most is
areas such as this and others uh where there's it's
so hard to vote
People have lost their homes
They've sometimes lost members of their family
Do you know they've set a record in voting Can
you believe it I mean last year everything was beautiful
Perfect
No problem
They beat last year they beat they beat every record
and presidential records to your voting records have all been
beaten and people I don't know I don't even know
where they are living their house is gone and and
they were standing in line ready to vote
So you have you have amazing you have amazing people
here Michael
Really amazing
One of them is Michael Watley
He was the head of your Republican party
He was so good and did such a great job
We won the state twice but he did such a
great job
I said that's the guy I want because he was
very uh very much into stopping the steal
We don't want to steal
We want a fair election an honest election and you
got it here
He actually hired 603 lawyers
Can you imagine that And I said who is that
guy That's the guy I want
And now he heads the whole party the whole shebang
and now I can blame him if something happens
And I'll say well I made a mistake I'll send
him back I'll send him back
But I don't think that's going to happen based on
what we're hearing from early returns which are really phenomenal
The early returns are phenomenal
Uh If you had to relocate because of the storm
you do not have to return to your home county
You can request a ballot for your temporary housing location
but you need to make sure you do it today
Today is your last day
So get out and get that done and vote
But so far you've really been I don't have to
talk to anybody
They setting literally setting records with this kind of devastation
I think it's an amazing tribute
That's an amazing tribute that that something like that could
happen
So to everyone here in North Carolina we love you
together
We'll pull it through
We we bless you and God bless you and God
bless America
We're gonna we're gonna make our our nation stronger and
better more beautiful and a more joyful to use a
phrase from somebody else that doesn't really believe it but
we're going to make it a more joyful place
We're going to do things that nobody thought we're possible
We're gonna have we're gonna have our country back
We're gonna grab our country
We're going to take it back
We're a nation in decline
We're not going to be a nation in decline for
much longer that I can tell you
And we're going to make America great
Again
Very simple
It's a very simple slogan
It's the greatest movement in the history of our country
We are going to make America great
Again I'd like to ask if I might Michael Watley
to come up and say a few words
He's been working about 29 hours a day I would
say on average right He's been working very hard and
uh please come up and say a few hours
Thank you Mr President
You know as a son of Western North Carolina I
was in Watauga County with Samaritan's purse recently and got
a chance to see the devastation uh that all of
these communities have hit
I think it is tremendously important that you are here
I think that uh you uh in your focus on
making sure that Western North Carolina is not going to
be forgotten is absolutely critical
I am so thankful for the thousands upon thousands of
volunteers that have come into Western North Carolina to help
these families to help every family here in Western North
Carolina
You cannot put words on what a value it is
and the fact that this is a strong community this
is a community of faith and this is a community
of family and North Carolina Western North Carolina is absolutely
going to be back
They are going to be stronger than ever
And with your leadership we will make sure that this
part of the state that this part of the country
is never forgotten and will be back again
Thank you Mr President
Thank you
MC
Thank you very much
And uh I'm also a North Carolinian but I'm from
the eastern part of the state
I grew up in New Bern
So we were used to the storms down there
But for this storm to come up the trajectory that
it did into this area was nothing short of just
astounding that that happened
And I'm so sorry you know I had the privilege
of a lifetime of serving at the SB a administrator
under President Trump
And I can tell you that SB A would have
been on the ground with Fe Ma in this area
working to get people back in their businesses getting their
home loans processed because we'd want the economy to get
back on track
So hopefully you're gonna have that service if you don't
have it now you will
Thank you very much Mr President
Thank you
Do you have any questions please please mo
asking means so that more federal funding can be brought
to us master colleagues
Well I would be in favor of it
Yeah this is a very unusual situation
And I would be in favor of it now you
know in theory they're supposed to have it but they
spent a lot of money on bringing illegal migrants people
that came into our country illegally uh and taking them
in and all of the money they've spent numbers that
nobody can even believe
So
They don't have any money for the people that live
here
They got hit by one of the worst storms possibly
the worst storm ever but one of the worst storms
in the history of our country
And it's a shame because they should have the money
They spent money that I don't believe they're supposed to
be spending for that as you know
So I think it's a disgrace
What happened with Fe Ma what's happened with their rescue
effort Their rescue effort was almost non-existent
And by the way I want to thank a man
who was really incredible when I came here close to
here but not I couldn't come here because it was
not the appropriate thing as I told you
But uh I got to know a couple of people
from North Carolina officials that were terrific doing a very
good job very much involved
And they said do you do you know Elon Musk
I said I happen to know the gentleman
What's your problem Uh Do you think you could get
Starlink I said what is Starlink explained to me That
was communication because as you know your communication
I see the polls all ripped down all over
Uh You had almost no communication here
And I said so what do you need He said
we need Starlink and we can't get it
There's nobody that knows anything about how to get it
So I called Elon and literally uh actually estranged before
I hung up
They called that man that I spoke to
I said Lan I just asked you we're still on
the phone
How did you do that So he did I don't
think he wanted to tell me but it was pretty
amazing and he got it here really in in record
time there was some delays that shouldn't have happened uh
on behalf of the federal government but that was straightened
out
But he had Starlink here and your communications went from
non-existent to probably almost better than what it was before
And uh so I want to thank Elon Musk for
having done a great job
He he took care of a very important need probably
saved ted probably saved a lot of lives because this
was really an emergency and you had it you had
it appear like almost instantly
It's very hard to get to it's been pretty popular
and very hard to get
Thank you Mr Clearly a lot of people here are
looking to use to save them and bring them relief
in
What better way than to win the White House right
Are you during the election Well I'm not hearing the
good things about the governor here
Like I'm hearing about the governor in Georgia as an
example
I'm hearing the governor in Georgia has done a very
good job and I I don't really know the governor
here but I'm not hearing that
He's done a very good job
So that's the only thing I can say
And certainly uh you have all heard the same stories
that we all hear that Fe Ma has done a
very poor job
Our Fe Ma when we had a problem we we
did record uh rescues and we what the job that
F MA did under uh the Trump administration was really
incredible
But uh they had spent in all fairness to F
MA they had spent hundreds of millions of dollars doing
other things things that I don't think bear any relationship
to this money
There was they were not supposed to be spending the
money on taking in illegal migrants maybe so they could
vote in the election because that's a lot of people
are saying that's why they're doing it
I don't know
I hope that's not why they're doing it
So they really didn't have any money
They don't have very much money
And now they're saying uh can we have a special
vote Let's have a special session
Uh I'm in favor of that but somebody has to
get back to why did they spend hundreds of millions
of dollars on something that they were not supposed to
be spending it on
Ok
Ok
Look voting is the least of it right now
They got a vote
They want to vote because it's very important but they
have to survive
That's why I can't believe the early voting
The early voting is records
I can't you know when they told me that I
was shocked I got a call from Michael Watley
He said so you're not going to believe this but
they're setting records in North Carolina voting and it's just
that they're great people
I mean they lost their house and they're standing outside
voting
So uh obviously we want them to vote but we
want them to live and survive and be happy and
healthy because this is really a tragedy
It's really something the results of the election in North
Carolina will not be
No I think in a way it's the opposite
I mean we're so impressed and uh I think they
have a pretty good system here and Michael Watley was
responsible to a certain extent and the new people that
took Michael's place I think I I have not heard
any complaints about that
I mean the the amazing thing is they've come from
nobody even knows everybody knows them
And it was like they have no home
They stayed in the woods
I heard cases where they are staying in the woods
because they wanted to vote and then they voted and
then they went wherever they went and they are going
to come back hopefully and rebuild and hopefully I'll be
the one that helps them rebuild and we will help
them
But no these are incredible people incredible spirit and heart
Very few people
I mean who would do that It's a great state
Really great
I don't know if it helped
II I don't even like to think about it
That I mean it's a tragedy It's a tragedy but
the fact that they come out and vote in record
numbers is pretty amazing to me
went to well the first thing I'd say is we
love you because that's really something special really for them
to do that
I was surprised I figured we have 50% 30% of
the vote record votes compared to the last elections last
presidential elections even
Uh but compared to any election and you know you're
reporting on it also
I think you were probably surprised like I was
But uh I would just say you are special people
These are special people
These are people with heart these are people that love
your state they love our country
Very special people
I was I was I would have been I mean
honestly I would have been happy if they if we
had 50% how can it be possible And these tend
to be Trump areas I mean not to get too
political but they tend to be very Trump areas and
uh that the people would come out like that
I think it's a great sign
It's a great sign
Well I've seen some pretty bad devastation
I've seen I've seen the tornado devastations and they're pretty
incredible
This is much more spread out
But you would see a line like it was cut
by a razor blade of a tornado that went through
an area and it was literally a foot left
It was perfect and a foot right it was down
to dirt big trees ripped out and thrown you know
miles away the power of the tornado
So I've seen that but that was a much narrower
thing
But you certainly didn't want to be in the way
of it
I've seen trailer parks where they were they weren't even
they were there and very nice and they were literally
there wasn't a thing left the pipes were ripped out
of the ground
So I've seen some pretty bad ones
I've seen some really bad ones
Yeah
Ok
Uh one second please
Well climate change you know we want as I say
we want crystal clear beautiful water and we want clean
air and we had that during the Trump administration but
we also had the best job numbers in the history
of our country
We weren't losing jobs we want in terms of climate
change because when you look at the rest of the
world and you look at China and you look at
the fact that they spent no money on climate change
I mean John Kerry goes over and he speaks to
President Xi and they yes him yes him yes him
and then laugh at him as he leaves and they
do what they're doing
We spend a lot of money in this country
You know we have to it's a double it's a
double on tre but you know what I'll tell you
what uh we had the best the cleanest air on
record and we had the cleanest water on record and
that's very important
And we also had the best economy in the history
of our country
So we had everything going well
And uh yeah so I'm very much into that but
I really focus on the water and the air
Very important
Yes ma'am
Please
Independent voters
Oh undecided
Well it's hard to believe you have undecided voters
I do hear about them but you possibly do
But uh I think look if you believe in what's
happening with the polls if you believe in what's happened
they have a new phenomenon
Now the we we'll call them the betting polls
I don't know if people are gambling on them
I can't imagine that's a proper thing to do
But perhaps they are but one of them uh just
came out I guess the big one that we're 63
to 33 something like that
Uh that's a pretty big margin
I don't know if they know what they're doing
I have no idea who they are but it's a
very big poll
They quote it all the time on television and we're
at 63 and uh they're in the thirties meaning they
meaning her
But I don't think she's qualified to be running
I really don't
And I think she is a threat to democracy our
democracy the way they took it away from Biden
And I'm not a fan of Biden but remember this
he got 14 million votes
She got no votes and she was in fact the
first one to quit out of 22 people and she's
running
So you know you would call that probably a threat
to democracy
But uh we seem to be doing very well in
in the polls
Thank you
Yeah please
Yes
Well I've gone 52 days without a day off which
all of these people would respect but they do the
same because it just like we are called workers
We are workers for better or worse
We are workers
I don't know if it's the best thing
We didn't we didn't have to be a lot of
them
Didn't have to be
I didn't have to be I could have been on
a beautiful beach but I'd much rather be right here
with you because we are going to turn the country
around beyond the area we're going to turn the whole
country around
Uh look my message is that I've been uh going
full blast yesterday you saw that we had uh early
in the morning till late in the evening we left
the football game
We went to a mcdonald's yesterday
That was quite a stop
That was quite a stop
We had thousands and thousands
They had 25,000 people around circling the uh the building
I wouldn't say that secret service was thrilled but that's
the way it is
It was uh it was a love fest though
It was incredible and it just it did take off
it took off and then we did two more stops
We did a we did a town hall big town
hall with sage and some people and it was very
successful
But no the mcdonald's stop was very unique
There's no question about that
They really they really I'm sure mcdonald's liked it but
it was it just took off you know you never
know about life and you never know what's good what's
bad
You do something that's going to be great
It's ok and you do something that's supposed to be
ok
This was supposed to be a routine stop and it
turned into a monster but it was a beautiful monster
There was a lot of love
I'll be doing the same thing
I'm gonna be uh campaigning
Uh I have no days off so I'll be going
into the sixties or seventies
Uh in terms of no days off
I don't want a day off
We have to win
Uh we have to win
We have to save our country and we have to
just make America great
Again that's a message and it's a simple message and
everybody behind me believes in it just as strongly as
I do
I know every one of these people either through uh
who they are or what they do
I know every one of them
They are hard working people
They're great people and they love our country and the
state
Ok
Maybe one or two more
Yes please please
Yeah I can't hear you
You have to speak louder
You there are already plans to get star
Well they didn't get it because all I know is
a top official who is working who happens to be
a Republican was very concerned that they didn't have any
communication and they weren't able to get Starlink
And I called Elon who endorsed me who gave me
one of the most beautiful endorsements of anybody frankly
And uh he was uh you know he is celebrating
the launch and the landing of the most incredible landing
of a rocket that I've ever seen
I called him up
I said is that your rocket Yep
I said can Russia do that Nope
And they won't be able to for a lot of
years
And I said what about China Nope they can't do
it
What about the USA outside of you know they can't
do it either
No he is a unique character outside
He's great
He's great
A lot of spirit a lot of and he is
a certainly a brilliant guy and we're lucky
But in this case the Starlink I've learned a lot
about it
It's incredible
You don't need the wires you don't need digging you
don't need it and it goes right up to a
satellite and comes right back down and he did a
fantastic job
Uh I don't know maybe they were trying but certainly
he didn't know about it
Nobody knew about it
And you know obviously they weren't able to get it
Two Saturdays ago fema had a safety stand down because
well I think you have to let people know how
they're doing
If they were doing a great job I think we
should say that too because I think they should be
rewarded
But if they're not doing does that mean that if
they're doing a poor job we're supposed to not say
it
These people are entitled to say it
And these are honest people behind us
If F MA were doing well they would be saying
they did a good job
They're not for the most part political people for the
most part they're not political people but uh you've obviously
seen nothing but uh you know very bad statements coming
out about the job that Fe Ma and this administration
has done having to do with this area North Carolina
as a whole
And by the way other states also
They're also complaining
But look a lot of the money is gone
They don't have any money
They have to have they have to have a meeting
in Washington a special meeting in Washington to get money
It's all gone
They've spent it on illegal migrants
Many of them are murderers
Many of them are drug dealers
Many of them come out of mental institutions and insane
asylums and many of them are terrorists and they spent
money to bring these people into our country and they
don't have money to take care of the people from
North Carolina and other states
So you know I think you have to be able
to speak
Does that mean let's not talk about it because by
doing that they will do a better job the next
time it's very important
Yeah one more question
Well I haven't unfortunately I know the other side and
they are not good but I have not seen Michael
Have you seen anything that looks suspicious or We're very
early in the process But yeah we're we're very early
in the process and we're tracking across all 50 states
right now uh to make sure that the systems that
we want to have in place are in place
And uh we're very happy with the initial results and
how likely are you to win one Let me ask
you do you think I'll win North Carolina I think
so
I think we're gonna do good and we have Lara
So you know Lara is a fantastic person and unbelievably
smart person works with works with Michael and everybody else
knows everybody here and she loves the state
They named their daughter Carolina
So that's a pretty good that's often but she's fantastic
So Laura is here and uh she's here in the
state right now working in another part of the state
but she loves this place and she's got a big
voice
He's got a big voice a very smart person
Very good person
Uh I want to thank everybody
We're going to another section as you know of North
Carolina
We're gonna do two more and uh so maybe we'll
see you then
But I want to just thank all of the people
behind me
They want to get back to work and uh thank
you all very much beautiful words
No not
We need him as a small business
He's thank you
Thank you
Good job
It looks like the real deal
Right Thank you
Thank you very much sir
Thank you
Yeah