Trump Reacts To Official’s Claim He Teleported To A Waffle House | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump appeared baffled throughout a CNN interview Tuesday after he was requested about an official in his administration who claimed he had teleported to a Waffle House 50 miles away.

“What does teleport mean? Was he kidding?” the president questioned after he was placed on the spot concerning the now-viral feedback made final month by Gregg Phillips, the affiliate administrator of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

After being advised Phillips was 100% severe, Trump replied, “I don’t know anything about teleporting… It just sounds a little strange, but I know nothing about teleporting, or him, but I’ll find out about it right now.”

Phillips, a 65-year-old far-right conspiracy theorist and high-ranking official, has spoken on a number of podcasts about being teleported towards his will, in keeping with CNN.

“I was with my boys one time, and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. And I ended up at a Waffle House – this was in Georgia, and I end[ed] up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was,” Phillips stated throughout a since-deleted episode on the podcast “Onward” in January 2025.

Waffle House staff denied seeing Phillips in interviews with The New York Times. None of the workers interviewed stated “they were aware of anyone traveling to the 24-hour restaurants by paranormal means,” in keeping with the outlet.

Longtime Waffle House server Shastoni Burge advised the Times: “I’ve seen it all, but I’ve never seen that.”

During that very same episode, which aired a yr earlier than the Trump administration appointed him as FEMA’s lead, Phillips additionally alleged that “teleporting is no fun” however is “so real.” He additionally stated he wished to punch former President Joe Biden, including that the ex-commander in chief “deserves to die.”

After CNN first reported on Phillips’ remarks, a FEMA spokesperson dismissed the story in an announcement, saying it was “so silly [and] barely worth acknowledging,” Newsweek reported. The spokesperson added that Phillips and FEMA as a complete is concentrated on “the critical mission of emergency management and ensuring the safety of the American people.”

Trump appointed Phillips to steer the federal authorities’s catastrophe response unit at FEMA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, in December 2025. Before being appointed, Phillips publicly made different baseless, eyebrow-raising claims, together with about voter fraud within the 2016 election.

HuffPost has reached out to the White House, FEMA and DHS for remark.

Phillips appeared to carry steadfast to his remarks in a March 23 Truth Social submit, writing, “God will not be mocked. People can debate me. Question me. Even ridicule what they don’t understand.”

“I know what I’ve experienced,” he added. “I know Who I serve.”