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Trump Responds To Top FEMA Official Claiming He Once Teleported To A Waffle House

Trump says he will look into a FEMA official’s repeated teleportation claims that led to his quiet sidelining and removal from public events.

  • Gregg Phillips, a senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been sidelined from operations following reports that he claimed to have teleported 50 miles to a Waffle House in Georgia.
  • Podcast appearances over recent years reveal Phillips' history of extraordinary claims, including stories of a deceased girlfriend preventing a car crash and speaking to Satan while walking across Spain.
  • During an interview last week, President Donald Trump expressed confusion regarding the claims, telling CNN he knew nothing about teleporting and would look into the official's background immediately.
  • Department of Homeland Security officials reportedly ordered Phillips to stop posting on Truth Social, a decision that left the official furious and increasingly suspicious of platform CEO Devin Nunes.
  • Prior to joining the agency, Phillips was known for promoting the 'Big Lie' conspiracy theory, though some FEMA insiders have privately defended his willingness to challenge agency leadership on spending controls.
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Gabe Cohen, CNN. For years, Gregg Phillips, now a senior official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has told stories that blur the line between the ordinary and the supernatural. He once recounted how his late girlfriend lifted her car off the road to avoid an accident. Satan spoke to him while he was walking in Spain. After passing out in an Indianapolis Lowe's, he regained consciousness in the parking…

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