On February 22, Trump visited the Eastern Ohio site of the massive train and environmental accident, one day before U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was scheduled to visit the town.
Take a wild guess as to who’s providing “Trump Water” to residents of East Palestine, Ohio. And take a wild guess as to who’s told everyone about it.
Bottled water was probably a welcome stopgap sight for East Palestine residents who have been clamoring for more attention from authorities. The whole train wreck of the situation has left many questions about the water quality there. The derailment and subsequent fire and “controlled release” of hazardous materials have resulted in billow and billows of dangerous chemicals like vinyl chloride going into the air and potentially into the land and water in the surrounding Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania area. It’s still not clear what the longer term effects of all this pollution may be. So you can understand why the residents might be skeptical about drinking the tap water there.
Now, it’s not clear what would make Trump Water different from other types of water. For example, is it somehow wetter than other types of water? Some on Twitter did suggest that the water may be 13-years old, which may be good for wine but may not be great for water sitting in plastic bottles.
