Biden Defends Ohio Train Wreck Response, Not Planning Visit
- President says federal crews arrived hours after Ohio disaster
- Trump assailed administration in visit to East Palestine
President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24.
Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden said he has no plans right now to visit the site of a disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that left residents worried about contaminated air and water.
Biden, speaking to reporters Friday at the White House before traveling to his home in Wilmington, Delaware, defended the administration’s response to the wreck, saying federal officials were on the ground to assist just hours afterward.