🚨Trump GOES SILENT as DEADLY STORMS Wreak MASS HAVOC!!

Donald Trump has gone silent as deadly. storms have ripped through the United. States of America. On August 11th, a. duratio, which is described as a long. severe windstorm and thunderstorm, ripped through northwest Indiana, Ohio, parts of Illinois. It killed seven. people alone in Indiana. 300,000 people. in the northwest Indiana region, specifically right around Gary, were. without power. Currently, there are.

still tens of thousands of people in the. Gary, Indiana area without power. No. word from Donald Trump, no posts from. Donald Trump. FEMA made a few social. media posts and that's it. They posted. at POTUS has approved an emergency. declaration authorizing FEMA to support. the state with resources to save lives. and protect infrastructure which was. viewed 1.4,000 times or 1.4,000.

impressions. That was 3 days ago. They. also posted this graphic. Indiana is. leading efforts to protect lives, public. health, safety, and property in 53. counties. affected by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding. And then on. August 11th, when the duratio hit, this. is the message that was posted. Damaging. winds and severe storms are possible in.

parts of the country today. Before the. storms arrive, charge your devices. Have. multiple ways to receive alerts. Monitor. forecasts closely and know where you'll. go if a warning is issued. Stay safe and. follow local officials for updates. And. then if you look at it over here, it has. the Storm Prediction Center and it just. says here are our key messages for. Tuesday. And in very small font, if you.

look at it, it says multiple rounds of. thunderstorms are possible across parts. of the Midwest. That's it. that was. viewed 9.1,000. times or 9.1,000 impressions as of. today. No message from Donald Trump, not a. word, not a tweet, not a truth, nothing, no posts. We did hear from Indiana's. senator today, Senator Jim Banks, and. this is what he wanted to talk about.

today. This is the senator from Indiana. Here, play this clip. until you come to. the table, clear the straight and ensure. us that you will never have a nuclear. weapon. And President Trump's legacy is. going to be that he was the president. that brought peace to the Middle East. and to the whole wide world by. preventing Iran from ever having a. nuclear weapon. I don't know, maybe talk. about the duration and talk about what's. actually going on in the state. And by. the way, did you all know this was going. on right now? That's why I want to use.

this platform at the Midas Touch Network. to bring attention to it with this. video. I also want to bring attention to. the fact in Puerto Rico they've been. rationing water for 13 days due to a. severe drought there. Has there been any. significant coverage at all on this? I. mean, I've seen, you know, PBS talk. about it. I've seen others, you know, mention it. Maybe there were small. segments on some news networks about it.

But why are we normalizing right now. that the president of the United States. is saying nothing about these deadly. storms where there are hundreds of. thousands of people currently without. power in northwest Indiana, seven dead. Listen to what uh I'm seeing on social. media right here. I want to bring. attention to this right now. This is. what I've seen. This is uh posted. recently by some of the people who are. there um and who are who are putting on.

TikTok what's going on cuz it's barely. getting any coverage. Let's play this. first one. >> Y'all been keeping up what's going on in. Garrett, Indiana, but these people been. without power for about 7 days. 7 days. And a lot of people are reporting that. the news, nobody not really speaking. about what's going on, the crime, everything. Okay. So I sent this guy who. posted who posted a video and he goes on. to say he said they've been without. power for 7 days. He said finally on a 7.

day they've been thugging it out. He. went to get a hotel where they had. electricity, they had power. Gets to the. hotel a few minutes later the power goes. out at the hotel. Y'all, what is going. on? What is going on in Gary, Indiana? Please, somebody share, repost, send. help. Send help. 7 days, no power. A lot. of people don't have no money to be. paying for no hotel like that. Y'all is.

wrong for that. I'mma call y'all big. I'mma call y'all bake. This is crazy. Bye, y'all. >> And here's somebody who is actually. there in Gary. This was day six, but now. we're what? August 11th. This is August. 21st. So, we're day uh 10 of when this. was taking place. And they were This was. day six of what was taking place. Here, play this clip. >> My name's AA and I'm in a blackout. One. of the worst ever for Indiana. And we're.

going on about a week. So, come get ready with me as I go in my. house, load my pew pew cuz. people are robbing people for. generators, and put new batteries in my. flashlight as we navigate the. apocalypse. This is my dog, Carter, by. the way. As you can see, little and not. able to buy a thing. All right, for starters, we got the Walmart. special. I went and bought three. lanterns that all take batteries, and. they come with batteries, so I don't. have to buy anymore, but I do have extra.

because I don't trust myself with. candles. And it is pitch black dark. HOW. DARK? ONE MIGHT ASK. WELL, LET ME SHOW. YOU. This is how dark it is. And I'm in my. car. Able number two. I have um a. battery set that I've already opened. because I'm terrified to go in my house. But unfortunately, this is what we have. to do because I no longer can afford to. keep staying in hotels. And I also have. no signal. So that's great. Now, before. I go outside of my car to make sure my.

doors are locked cuz again, people are breaking into cars, houses, and stealing whatever they can get their. hands on. I'm going to make sure. I have batteries and my flashlight. >> And you look at what's happening in. Puerto Rico. Take a look right here. Let's play it. >> This community well in San Juan, Puerto. Rico, is working overtime. Residents. stream in throughout the day, filling. bottles and hauling heavy containers of. water up and down steep stairs. It's a. laborious but necessary task as a.

rotating water rationing program leaves. thousands of households without running. water for up to 48 hours at a time. And. over here you had PBS covering what's. happening. Around half a million in. Puerto Rico have been hit with a major. water cuts going 48 hours at a time. without water in the United States of. America. Local rivers that feed key. reservoirs are at low water levels as. the island continues to experience an.

int an intense drought in these United. States of America. And again, no word. from Donald Trump here. Let's play this. other video right here. Around half a million people in Puerto. Rico have been hit with major water. cuts, going at least 48 hours at a time. without water. >> Terrible. It's unbelievable to be living. through this today. Local rivers that. feed key reservoirs are at low water. levels as the island continues to. experience an intense drought. Puerto. Rico's capital, San Juan, experienced.

its driest July on record. And according. to the US drought monitor, more than 2/3. of the island is now experiencing. drought conditions. The island's. governor has declared a state of. emergency and 180,000 households and. businesses in San Juan and surrounding. areas are rotating through 48 hour. periods of having access to water. >> We haven't been able to do much laundry. We have four pets and it is also very. difficult to bathe them. It's difficult.

We are five people in our home plus four. pets. That's a lot of us. Local. authorities have also deployed water. trucks to affected communities, giving. priority to hospitals and long-term care. facilities. In San Juan, lining up for. water trucks has become a routine of. daily life. We're filling up the jugs for about the. fifth time now because at least this. spot has stayed steady. A lot of places. where the water truck was, when you come. back, it's gone. At least we found our.

spot. Uh. >> scientists say extreme weather events. like the ongoing drought have been. fueled by climate change, but failing. infrastructure and sediment filling. reservoirs have also been blamed as. factors for the water scarcity. Puerto. Rico's water rationing is expected to. continue until at least the end of. August. >> Now, going back to Indiana Senator Jim. Banks for a moment, he claims this is. what he wanted to talk about today. It's. just a matter of time before Iran begs.

for a deal. You're the senator of Indiana. You. should be there demanding that every. resource imaginable in the United States. is going to Gary. Now, it's not just. Gary, too. There's power outages in. other areas of Northwest Indiana. And. that people are suffering and it's just. being totally ignored. Totally ignored. by Donald Trump. Here, play this clip. Then you have that backed up by the. threats and the actions of our military.

And what what President Trump has done. is he's brought Iran to its knees. It's. just a matter of time before they come. back once again and beg for a real. permanent deal. And when that happens, gas prices in America are going to. plummet. Our economy is going to benefit. from it. And most importantly, Iran will. never have a nuclear weapon pointed at. America to d to endanger our kids and. our grandkids. And by the way, do you. remember when former President Biden. would help people um like after the.

horrific hurricane in North Carolina. and Donald Trump would just spread lies. about it? Oh, Biden's not doing this. He. would be the main spreader of. disinformation. I'll just remind you so. you can see for yourself. Play this. clip. Isn't her egregious. hurricane response the worst response in. North Carolina and other states. since Katrina? But I think it was even. worse than Katrina. They haven't even. responded in North Carolina. They.

haven't even responded. There's nobody. They don't see any FEMA. You know why? They spent their money on bringing in. illegal migrants. So they didn't have. money for Georgia and North Carolina and. Alabama and Tennessee and Florida and. South Carolina. They didn't have any. money for them. They spent all of their. money on bringing in. illegal immigrants. And then what we saw. in the first year, year and a half of. the Trump regime, is that when states,

even red states like Georgia, um, which, you know, Democratic uh, senators, I should call it a purple. state, um, and now leaning blue. actually, but a Republican governor is. probably a better way to put it and over. there. even in a state with Georgia that. has a Republican governor. Get granted, Donald Trump doesn't like their. Republican governor. Um Trump did not. provide relief there. Donald Trump was. not providing relief to North Carolina.

when they were asking for supplemental. relief. There were so many states that. have been that were begging. And then. last year we talked as well, remember we. talked about as well. Remember in St. Lewis, there was horrible storms last. year and then Donald Trump refused to. provide help and we we featured the. mayor and the mayor was out there. saying, "What are you doing? Remember. that." Let me just play that clip just. to remind you as well. Let's play it. >> Very unfortunate from that standpoint. Uh you have illegal, you have the. migrants, you're reading about it now. A. lot of the money that was supposed to go.

to Georgia and supposed to go to North. Carolina and all of the others is going. and has gone already. It's been gone for. people that came into the country. illegally and nobody's ever seen. anything like that. That's a shame. >> Now, I want to bring on Deianne. Chrisell, former FEMA administrator. under the Biden administration from 2021. to 2025. Deianne, it is great to see and. great to talk with you. I was speaking. earlier with Dan Co who's running for. Congress um over in Massachusetts and he.

was saying, you know, look, Ben, we're. in the peak hurricane season right now. and you know, the Trump administration's. not even doing some of the most basic. stuff as they've shown before. And he. said, "I'm very worried about FEMA." He. said, "You should speak with Deianne.". And I said to him, I said, "You know, even someone like me who covers all of. the ins and outs of the Trump. administration, I call it the Trump. regime." I said, "You know what? I I. kind of got lost in all of the. distractions and I was covering about.

all of the turnover at FEMA and all of. the issues." And I said, "Aren't we in. hurricane season?" Yeah, we're in peak. hurricane season right now. And um and. so there's no one better to talk to you. that right now than talk to you about. what's going on, what your concerns are. I want our audience to know what's going. what's going on. What what te tell us. what we should be focused on right now. as we are in peak hurricane season. >> Well, Ben, I'm really happy that uh. you're giving me this opportunity to. talk because it is really important. I I.

think the last couple of years, you. know, we've seen a slow hurricane. season, but even, you know, I even hate. to say that, right? Slow or busy. hurricane season. It doesn't matter. really how many name storms there are. It just takes one to have a big impact, right? Think about the east coast with. supertorm Sandy that hit back in 2012. There weren't a lot of major hurricanes. that year, but that one really. devastated and people still remember it. So, it doesn't really matter what the. forecast says. You need to be prepared.

if you live in one of those areas that's. prone to hurricanes and every year can. be very different. So, the biggest thing. that I would say that people need to do. first is really understand your risk. You know, where do you live? Do you know. whether or not you are in an area that's. prone for high winds, for hurricanes? Do. the hurricanes bring more flooding? Do. they bring more winds? Do they bring. more hail? Are you new to the area? Do. you know where you're going to get that. information from? That's the second. piece. How are you going to get reliable.

and factual information about the the. threat that the storm may be bringing, the path of the storm, and what actions. you need to take? And then do you have. any personal needs? Right? Do you have. ambulatory issues? Do you have special. medications? Do you have pets? What are. those kind of situations that you need. to take into account so if you're asked. to evacuate, you know, where you're. going to go? And then make that plan. Make that plan for how you're going to.

get to where you're going to go. I would. say one of the biggest things that that. we need to do, and I talk about knowing. where you're going to get information, is is this communication piece as well, right? knowing how you're going to. communicate with your family members and. others to let them know that you're. safe. Because a lot of times what we see. is people will will call in that they. have a family member that's missing, but. that's just because they haven't heard. from them because cell towers can be. down or because the power is out. And. so, you know, simple things like.

charging your phone and bringing extra. batteries or do you have a phone that. has satellite capabilities so you can. communicate out by text messaging to get. that information out to your families? This communication piece, whether that's. how you're getting information and. factual information or how you're. getting that information out to your. family is so important, especially as. these storms get more significant. >> You were the FEMA administrator from. 2021 to 2025. You were a steady hand. there. You relied on lots of experts.

You built out a great team. You had to. contend with a tidal wave of. disinformation. I mean, using weather. terms, a tsunami of disinformation that. came your way. I want to ask you about. the concerns that may exist right now. with everything that's going on there. But I want to ask you about that aspect. of it because you know it's very. different in our country usually when it. came to uh disasters and storms and.

weather and issues like that. It never. became a source of okay this is where a. political party or someone like a Trump. was going to come in and use it to. divide and it made the work very you. know difficult and a lot of the things. that they were falsely accusing FEMA of. doing and not providing aid and. assistance when that was going on we see. them actually doing when they came into. power. I'd just love to get your.

perspective on all that. Well, disasters don't care whether. you're a blue state, you're a red state. They don't care about your county lines. or your state lines. They are going to. impact everybody. They don't, you know, they don't discriminate against rural. versus urban areas. Everybody can be. impacted by a storm and their individual. level of preparedness is going to. determine what that recovery journey. looks like. And when you put politics in. the middle of it, it just creates an. environment where people have distrust.

in the government, especially at a time. when they need it the most. Disaster. management, whether you're at the. federal level at FEMA, state, or local. level, it has to be non-political. And. that's one of the things that I was. really proud of the way we were able to. run FEMA during my time there is it. didn't matter. I went to states and. honestly the majority of the states that. I went to were more Republicanled. states. Many of them are in the coastal. areas in the Midwest with the tornadoes.

and the severe storms. The people are. the thing that I worried about. It. didn't matter what their politics were. The people that lost everything, the. worst day of their life, we wanted to. make sure that they knew that their. government was there to help them. And. that's what I get concerned about as we. go forward is do they have that. confidence that their government is. going to be able to help them if they. get impacted by a storm and that. politics aren't going to play a part in. this? Because once you do that, then you. start to create winners and losers and.

you're just going to create even greater. distrust um in the government. And you. know, the misinformation piece is real. We experienced that throughout my time. with a a peak obviously during the. hurricane Helen response, but with the. advent of social media and so many. different ways that people get. information now, it's hard to to try to. figure out how do you get factual. information to the public, but also as a. member of the public, how am I going to.

make sure that I'm getting information. that's true and accurate that I can make. the best decision to support me and my. family and that's getting harder and. harder and we're seeing this happen not. just in the US but we're seeing happen. globally. In fact, even at the recent. CUP climate conference or last year's. conference, it was one of their topics. of how misinformation is one of the big. challenges that we're going to face. moving forward as we prepare to become. more resilient to some of these storms.

And so, it is a concern of mine. Um, and. I think again it goes back to knowing. where you're going to get information. from. Who are those trusted leaders in. your community? Not official leaders. always, right? Could be your pastor, could be the the local um PTA, right? Anybody. Who is that trusted source that. you can go to and and get that factual. information so you know what to do to. help help you help your family to make. sure that you can stay safe? >> Now, last year you had Christine Gnome, Corey Luwendowski, who seemed to be kind.

of overseeing, if you even want to call. it that, overseeing. I forget there was. that one there was that one guy who. never had any disaster relief experience. and he didn't even show up in Texas. until like the very end when there was. the horrible disaster. We heard all of. the stories about Christy Gnome making. it so anything that was $100,000 needed. her signature and then during the. horrific flooding in the Guadalupe River. in Texas, she wasn't around over the 4th. of July to even sign off on the 100,000.

search and rescue. Um, and we I I heard. from a lot of disaster management. people, experts who were very concerned. about the competence last year leading. into this year. Now you have Christine. Mount, Mark Wayne Mullen overseeing all. homeland security. I I haven't heard. when Dan was speaking to me about, you. know, his concerns right now, I was. like, you know what, I haven't even. really been thinking about it and I need. to be thinking about it and who better. to talk to than you. So from a.

competence perspective, granted you're. not in the tent per se formally right. now, but from your perspective, what you. can see, what you can glean and hear, are there red flags? What what do you. you know, I'm not trying to concern. people, but I want to get your expertise. as you watch it. What are you concerned. about right now? Or have they made. improvements since last? What are you. seeing? Well, I mean, there were a lot of.

administrative burdens that were put in. place under Secretary Gnome. Um, I had a. lot of interviews about it and I talked. about how it really was taking FEMA back. to pre-Katrina days. When you think. about how Katrina didn't have the. ability to be proactive and and get. resources in place early or required. extra levels of approval before they. could make decisions and all of that was. changed through PMRA, the post Katrina. Emergency Management Reform Act. It gave. the FEMA administrator the ability to.

report directly to the president during. a disaster so it could alleviate all of. that red tape and all of those. administrative hurdles that were put in. place. Um, it created the ability for. FEMA to be able to be proactive and. preposition resources, which they. weren't able to do before. There were a. number of things that created um. opportunities for FEMA to improve the. way it could respond as well as recover. from disasters. And the the burdens that. were put in place during the first year,

during last year, really were taking. FEMA back. And it was really hard to. watch and hard to see because the staff. at FEMA knew what they needed to do. They knew what they could do and what. they were allowed to do, but they were. being restricted. I'm told that some of. those burdens have been lifted. I don't. know to what extent. Um I think that. they've been able to do more of the job. that they've been able to do in the. past. And so that's great. And I think. Secretary Mullen, you know, Oklahoma has. seen a number of disasters and he gets. it and he understands, you know, the.

role that FEMA plays. as is I went to. Oklahoma a few times during my time to. be able to support those communities. impacted by tornadoes. Um, but they've. lost a lot of staff and I think what. concerns me is that the staff that are. there are going to do their very best. But through all of that, they lost a lot. of institutional knowledge. They lost a. lot of experience and expertise. Some of. the positions that were cut were just. cut randomly with no logic and no reason. as to like looking at what skill they.

provided and is there somebody else that. could replace that skill set. And so I. do have concerns that they have been. stripped down so far that they're not. going to have the experience if they. have a really big event. But I also just. want to say the people that are still at. FEMA, they are so dedicated and they are. so committed and they know what needs to. be done and they're going to do. everything that they can to make sure. that they can get resources and help to. people within their ability. >> Anything else, Dan, that you think our.

We have 7 million subscribers here. Um. and any it does seem like a lot of this. is a little bit do it yourself like like. you not do it yourself but start. preparing start coming up with a plan. start talking to the community and you. know the the some of the subtext to kind. of what you're saying is you know is. you know people that's why I wanted to.

do this interview people not that people. should in the past just thought, okay, the government's going to work and do. its job, but there seems to be a little. bit more of a you got to really start. paying attention to this and really do. come up with a plan because some of. those extra safeguards might not be. there. I don't want to read into too. much, but that seems to be. [clears throat]. >> Well, I mean, the one thing that I like. to just say to people is are you ready? you know, regardless of whether or not. FEMA is changed and whatever comes from. the review council report, there's still.

really capable and competent state. emergency management offices and local. emergency management offices. But it. does start with the individual. And so. you got to ask yourself, have you looked. at your insurance policies? Do you have. enough insurance to cover any losses? Because that is the number one source of. recovery for people. The programs that. come out of FEMA for individuals never. can replace what an insurance policy. can. So, take a, you know, take the time. to look at your insurance policy. Does.

it cover flooding? Does it cover hail? You know, do you have relocation. assistance if you can't come back to. your house? It's just really important. to maybe look at that and understand. what your coverages are and what they. aren't. So that way you can plan for. what you know you might not have and. where you might need assistance whether. that comes from the federal government, comes from a nonprofit, comes from some. of the philanthropic organizations that. we always see step up after disaster. happens. And then that other piece that. we talked about is just knowing where. you're going to get that information, right? Knowing where you're going to get.

true and factual information. That makes. a really big difference. And that gets. harder and harder as we have more and. more mediums to get information from. And you need to know, you know, which. one you're going to trust so you can. take the right steps forward for you. >> Dian Chris, well, thanks for joining us. We appreciate it. >> My pleasure. Thanks for having me. >> Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 7. million subscribers. Before you go, our. book WTF America is available for. pre-order now. It's the story of how we.

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