And the craziest thing about this is that Gregg Phillips is not the craziest official in the Trump administration. Not even close.
Source: CNN
As millions of Americans braced for a series of brutal storms this winter, the senior official in charge of the federal government’s disaster response had been on the job only a few weeks — and had previously claimed on podcasts that he once teleported to a Waffle House.
Gregg Phillips, appointed in December to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, rose to prominence not through his time as a federal emergency management professional but as a far-right activist who spread conspiracy theories about voter fraud and frequently used violent rhetoric toward political opponents.
Most notably, Phillips on multiple podcasts made bizarre claims to have been involuntarily teleported, including once to a Georgia Waffle House 50 miles away.
“Teleporting is no fun,” Phillips said on one podcast last year. “It was real.”
KFiles also noticed his habit of using violent rhetoric and spreading conspiracy theories about election fraud, apparently with a virulent hatred of Joe Biden.
“I would like to punch that b*tch in the mouth right now,” Phillips said in January 2025 on a podcast, referring to former President Joe Biden. “He is a nasty, shitty, crappy human being, and he deserves to die. And I hope he does.”
