President TrumpDonald TrumpSacha Baron Cohen calls out 'danger of lies, hate and conspiracies' in Golden Globes speech Sorkin uses Abbie Hoffman quote to condemn Capitol violence: Democracy is 'something you do' Ex-Trump aide Pierson planning run for Congress MORE told a victim of Hurricane Florence on Wednesday that the victim "got a nice boat out of the deal" in reference to a large yacht that had washed ashore during the storm.
While touring an area in North Carolina hit by the storm, Trump asked a man if a boat that was shipwrecked behind his house belonged to him, according to a White House pool report.
"At least you got a nice boat out of the deal," Trump said when the man replied that the boat wasn't his.
Trump to a homeowner in New Bern, NC, who had a yacht wash up in his backyard: “At least you got a nice boat out of the deal.” pic.twitter.com/twtT3it8ul
— Mark Landler (@MarkLandler) September 19, 2018
“They don’t know whose boat that is,” Trump tells us, in the backyard of a house where a boat was washed ashore in flooding caused by Hurricane Florence.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 19, 2018
“What’s the law? Maybe it becomes theirs.” pic.twitter.com/LOQMAgDJjF