Prime US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House earlier than | Trump administration

A far-right conspiracy theorist turned high-ranking official on the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) claims to have as soon as teleported to a Waffle House.

Gregg Phillips, who in December was appointed to guide Fema’s workplace of response and restoration, has spoken on “multiple podcasts” about being teleported towards his will, CNN reported on Friday.

On a January 2025 podcast look, Phillips claimed that his automotive was “lifted up” whereas he was driving and transported 40 miles (65km) away right into a ditch close to a church. And in one other occasion on the identical episode, Phillips stated he was teleported 50 miles away to a Waffle House in Rome, Georgia, CNN detailed in a deep dive into Phillips’ previous public statements.

“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 up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was,” Phillips stated on the podcast Onward, co-hosted by rightwing activist Catherine Engelbrecht.

Phillips added: “And they said, ‘where are you?’ and I said, ‘a Waffle House.’ And: ‘a Waffle House where?’ And I said: ‘Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.’ And they said: “‘That’s not possible, you just left here a moment ago.’ But it was possible. It was real.”

But Phillips did warn concerning the risks of teleportation.

“Teleporting is no fun,” he stated “You know it’s happening, but you can’t do anything about it, and so you just go, you just go with the ride. And wow, what just an incredible adventure it all was.”

Waffle House is an iconic US diner chain recognized for being open 24 hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a yr. Craig Fugate, who led Fema underneath Barack Obama, once said that Waffle House can present perception into the extent of seriousness of disasters.

“If you get there and the Waffle House is closed,” Fugate stated “That’s really bad. That’s where you go to work.”

Fema, which is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is the highest US catastrophe response and preparedness company. As the director of Fema’s workplace of response and restoration – the most important of the company’s divisions – Phillips is tasked with making suggestions on whether or not federal catastrophe declarations and assist are wanted.

On different podcast appearances, Phillips steered that each Covid-19 and the vaccine for it had been designed to kill folks, and likewise claimed that Department of Homeland Security officers had been “planning the next assassination attempt” of Donald Trump after a failed try on the US president’s life in 2024.

Fema told CNN that inquiries about Phillips’ statements had been “so silly it’s barely worth acknowledging”.

“DHS, FEMA, and Mr Phillips are focused on the critical mission of emergency management and ensuring the safety of the American people,” the company advised CNN. “Many of the comments cited are taken out of context or represent personal, informal, jovial, and somewhat spiritual discussions made in the context of barely surviving cancer; in a private capacity prior to his current role.”