I can only liken it- [if] there was a train derailment in the U.K., for example, and the transport secretary, whose specific brief was train incidents, did not go for 18, 19 days to the scene, they would be fired. They'd be gone. They'd be torched because everybody would think that was outrageous. He [Buttigieg] seems to think that the longer he leaves it, the better he looks.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has faced heavy criticism for his response to train derailments in Ohio.
I've got a little wake-up call for you, Mayor Pete. The longer you leave it, the worse it looks, buddy. Get your ass down there now, because he's so wrong about what he said. Actually, it's really important when public figures go to these scenes. You know, I can always remember on 9/11 when President Bush went down there very, very soon and stood there.
He wasn't meeting the criteria that Mayor Pete has laid down. He was just doing a photo op. But what a powerful photo op. And when he spoke to the world, the world knew the president was taking this incredibly seriously. And that's the point.