Defeated, former President Trump will speak at a rally tomorrow in East Palestine, Ohio. This is the village where the Norfolk Southern freight train spilled noxious chemicals nearly three weeks ago and the damage is likely to affect parts of nearby Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
While one can be reasonably critical of the Biden Administration's response, let us keep in the mind it was the Trump administration which scrapped an Obama era regulation which would have compelled Norfolk Southern and other freight railroad companies to upgrade their 19th century braking systems. While that in of itself might not have prevented the spill, but it could have certainly mitigated the damage done.
While Trump is hoping his visit will put a spark into his lackluster presidential campaign, I would venture to guess that he will spend a lot more talking about himself than about the people of East Palestine. There is a very good chance Trump will spend more time talking about the 2020 election than he will about the 2023 train derailment. Simply put Trump will likely go off the rails.
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