TPM summarizes carnage "As Hurricane Harvey Barreled Into Texas, Trump Made Major Moves Friday Night

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By MATT SHUHAM Published AUGUST 26, 2017 1:43 PM

As what could be the most damaging storm to make landfall in the United States in a decade crashed into Texas Friday night, Donald Trump announced a round of hugely consequential decisions that will likely characterize his presidency for months, if not years to come.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders skipped her typical opening remarks at a press briefing Friday, citing an imminent presidential trip to Camp David. Instead, she answered reporters’ questions for about six minutes before leaving the Brady Press Briefing Room at 2:45 p.m. ET. She did not discuss any of the major White House news that was about to unfold.

Trump departed for Camp David a few minutes after three o’clock. At 3:46 p.m., according to a pool report, the White House “announced that Marine One had landed at Camp David,” and, “mmediately after, White House announced a travel and photo lid.”

Over the next few hours, however, and as the nation braced for Hurricane Harvey to make landfall on Texas’ Gulf Coast, the Trump administration announced three major developments, each of which would potentially be overshadowed by the mighty storm.


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