No One At Waffle House Remembers Trump’s Fema Official Who Claims He Was Teleported There

Waffle House labor successful Rome, Georgia, opportunity they person ne'er laid eyes connected Gregg Phillips, a top FEMA charismatic who claims he was erstwhile teleported there.

“I’ve seen it all. But I’ve ne'er seen that,” Shastoni Burge, who has worked astatine nan diner for much than a decade, told The New York Times.

None of nan 2 twelve workers and regulars interviewed by nan newspaper — astatine each 3 Waffle House locations successful Rome, a metropolis of astir 33,000 group — said they had knowledgeable immoderate metaphysical activity. No 1 moreover recognized a image of Phillips.

“I tin opportunity I’ve been drunk and ended up successful a Waffle House,” said 29-year-old onshore surveyor Austin Spears told nan outlet. “Don’t cognize really I sewage there. But I was there.”

Phillips, who successful December was appointed to a apical position wrong nan nation’s disaster alleviation agency, said during a podcast quality successful January 2025 that he teleported successful an “incredibly frightening moment.”

He said his car was abruptly lifted up while he was driving and transported 50 miles to nan diner chain.

“Teleporting is nary fun,” he told nan Onward podcast past year.

“You cognize it’s happening, but you can’t do thing astir it, and truthful you conscionable go, you conscionable spell pinch nan ride,” he said. “And wow, what conscionable an unthinkable escapade it each was.”

The revelations person prompted Democrats to mobility his fittingness for agency astatine nan agency, wherever he heads up nan Office of Response and Recovery pinch a unit of 1,000 labor and a fund of astir $300 million.

He was besides taken disconnected nan schedule astatine a House Homeland Security Committee proceeding precocious past period wherever he was slated to attest about nan partial authorities shutdown’s effect connected FEMA, which is housed nether nan Department of Homeland Security.

“FEMA is connected its 3rd unqualified acting administrator successful 15 months,” Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson said astatine nan hearing. “And nan witnesser that was scheduled to attest today, Mr. Gregg Phillips, raises superior concerns.”

Despite nan criticism, Phillips doubled down connected his supernatural relationship this week, claiming that nan incident occurred while he was “heavily medicated” and that nan incident was a “miracle” performed by God.

“The connection 'teleportation' was not mine,” he wrote connected Donald Trump’s societal media level Truth Social.

“It was utilized by personification other successful nan speech reaching for connection to picture thing pinch nary easy name,” he wrote Wednesday. “The much meticulous biblical position are 'translated' aliases 'transported' — not caller ideas for group of faith.”

As breathtaking arsenic Phillips’ claims are, they are, scientifically, highly unlikely, according to Sidney Perkowitz, emeritus professor of physics astatine Emory University.

“The magnitude of accusation you request to reproduce thing arsenic analyzable arsenic a assemblage is truthful immense that I don’t deliberation there’s a number that tin definitive it,” Perkowitz told The New York Times. “Expressing what you request astir each atom, each electron, etc., is conscionable disconnected nan charts arsenic acold arsenic nan information goes.”

The Independent has requested remark from FEMA astir Phillips’ claims.