President Trump To Visit Florida This Week Following Irma

President Donald Trump is to visit storm-ravaged Florida on Thursday as authorities investigate the deaths of eight residents of a nursing home that lost power when Hurricane Irma whipped through the region. In recent weeks, he’s traveled to Texas and Louisiana to meet with victims and first responders after Hurricane Harvey.

Mr. Trump had a hard time fitting into the plastic gloves for handling food at the table, with one tearing as he put it on.

Other areas of the state, however, remain largely incapacitated, including the Florida Keys, where an estimated quarter of the homes were destroyed.

The president says in Fort Myers, Florida, that he hopes Scott “runs for the Senate”.

President Donald Trump visits with survivors of Hurricane Harvey at a relief center in Houston, Texas, on September 2, 2017.

“I just want to thank everybody”, Trump said. It will be some time before many residents are allowed back in to see what is left of their property.

He has already declared the state a major disaster area, a move that speeds up the release of federal relief funds.

Across the state, the cost of repairs is expected to run to tens of billions of dollars.

After Harvey struck Texas, Trump drew criticism for having minimal interaction with residents during his first trip in late August.

He is set to receive an Irma update at Fort Myers before heading to Naples to survey the damage.

Mick Mulvaney, the director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, told CNN that climate change is a “longer discussion on another day” and a “big topic for the media”.

The intense storm split Florida down the middle, causing damage to both coasts. “I think Trump is turning his head”. But even then, there were some discordant moments, like when he urged relief workers to “have a good time” in Houston.

“Trump pledged to be “there for you 100 percent”. But the wealthy two-term governor is considered a leading contender for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. “We’re going to see some more of it now, unfortunately”, Trump said upon arrival.

Mainly, however, he sought to highlight the work of federal, state and local agencies, which have received praise for their coordination amid trying circumstances.

Scott also said that although the hurricane has passed the danger has not.

Some 3.1 million homes and businesses, representing close to one-third of the state’s population, were without power on Thursday.