“I gave the orders over the phone”

He US President Joe Biden responded defensively this Monday at the end of the press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, in which he explained to journalists the last hour of the Hurricane Helene disasterwhich has caused at least 121 dead and extensive damage in six states, especially North Carolina, this weekend. Just when he was about to walk out the door when a journalist asked him: “About the hurricane, Mr. President, why haven’t you or Vice President Harris been here in Washington on the front lines of this?”. «I have been in front, I have been on the phone for at least two hours giving orders yesterday and the day before. I’m in front from the phone. “I call my security team.”said the president, who spent the entire weekend at his Delaware Beach house in Rehoboth.

The The White House has highlighted that Joe Biden spoke by phone on Sunday night with the governor of GeorgiaBrian Kemp, and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, as well as Scott Matheson, Mayor of Valdosta, Georgia, and Florida Emergency Management Director John Louk.

He president joe biden ha recognized that he plans to visit the affected areas of North Carolina this Thursdaythe state hardest hit by the hurricane. The Vice President Kamala HarrisDemocratic candidate for the presidential elections, has decided to interrupt her campaign and return to Washington this Monday. During his return, he published a controversial photograph while flying over the affected area from Air Force 2, which recalled the image of former Republican President George W. Bush when he passed by helicopter over the area devastated by Katrina in 2005. So, Democrats harshly criticized his decision not to supervise what happened on the ground. Then, the Republican explained that he would not interrupt the rescue work, due to the security device that his presence would have caused..

Meanwhile, the former US president Donald TrumpRepublican candidate, has decided to visit this Monday Valdosta (Georgia), one of the places hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. Below you can see Trump taking an interest in some residents of Valdosta who have lost everything as a result of the hurricane disaster.

President @realDonaldTrump visits with the owners of Chez What Furniture store destroyed by Hurricane Helene pic.twitter.com/yo5yGTdMpG

— Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 30, 2024

During your visit, Trump has indicated that he has spoken with Elon Musk to make one of its companies, Starlink, an internet service provider, available to the victims, with the aim of recovering communication lines.

Hurricane Helene thus entered the United States presidential campaign this Monday, after also hitting two states that were essential to winning the White House, Georgia and North Carolina. They are part of the group of undecided states (swing states), who have the key to winning the elections along with Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Snowfall.

He President Joe Biden has announced this monday that will ask Congress to approve additional funds to respond to the crisis unleashed by Hurricane Helenewhich has affected six states (Florida, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Indiana).

To the At least 121 deaths in six states have been recorded after the passage of Hurricane Helene this weekend. This figure may increase to 600, because there are a large number of missing people. The hurricane’s winds have devastated an area stretching from Florida’s Gulf Coast north to the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia. North Carolina county that includes Asheville recorded at least 35 deathswhile dozens of people also died in Georgia and South Carolina.

Helene made landfall in northern Florida late last Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane. It swept across Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee with torrential rains that flooded these states. Hundreds of roads are closed in western North Carolina and shelters are housing more than 1,000 people.