PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Let me begin by sending our love to every family that has been affected by the recent Hurricane -- I want to thank Elon Musk for responding to my request that Starlink be provided to North Carolina."
Let me begin by sending our love to every family that has been affected by the hurricane.
Hurricane.
Helene.
I witnessed the damage firsthand yesterday in Georgia, and as you know, North Carolina was just devastated. We can't even get in. They don't have communication. They don't have anything.
Towns were flooded. Asheville
is, as you know, totally underwater. Big place. Massive numbers of lives were lost
yesterday, the day before yesterday, and still counting. They have a lot of missing people. The people living in western North Carolina, incredible
patriots. They really are. I know that area well. And they're still suffering immensely and we need to help them and we are going to help them as citizens in Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and
a couple of other places got a little hit.
But in particular, these places in Georgia was hit very, very hard. But I want to thank Elon Musk for responding to my request
that Starlink
be provided to North Carolina. You know,
the lines rolled down. They had no communication.
You couldn't get to North Carolina, the area that was hit.
And they were all saying, does anybody know Elon Musk? I said, yeah, I do. I raised my hand to ask a question. I said, yeah, I know. I said, what's the problem? They said, do you think you could get him to get Starlink, which is amazing stuff, right? Starlink.
And I said, I don't know too much about Starlink, but if you want it, we can get it. I called Elon, and they had so many people over there, Tommy.
They had so many people over there so quickly, and they have great communication now. But, I mean, it's just — it's terrible. But thank you, Elon. And because of you,
They're in really great shape now from the standpoint of emergency needs.
