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President Biden said on Friday that he would travel to Baltimore next week
as officials race to manage the fallout from the collapse of the Francis
Scott Key Bridge.

The president will join Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, a close political
ally, as he visits the city a week after a cargo ship struck a pylon early Tuesday, plunging the bridge into the water below. The bodies of two construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge have been recovered, and four others are presumed dead.

The disaster has paralyzed shipping in and out of the Port of Baltimore.
The Biden administration has scrambled officials from multiple agencies — including the Transportation Department, the Coast Guard, the Army Corps
of Engineers and the National Transportation Safety Board — to investigate
and begin the major task of clearing the wreckage and restoring traffic
through the shipping channel.

On Thursday, the administration announced it would provide $60 million in “quick release” emergency relief that it described as “a down payment
toward initial costs.” Mr. Biden has said the federal government would
“pay the entire cost of reconstructing” the bridge.

The visit comes as state and federal officials have raised alarms over the potential economic hardships that the port’s closure could have on both
port workers and the regional economy.

On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters that around 8,000 workers associated with the port could soon see work
evaporate with no ships arriving. Typically, $100 million to $200 million
in goods pass through the port daily, and roughly $2 million in wages are
at stake each day the port is closed, he said.

Biden is a gutless incompetent piece of shit. It took him a year to
dredge up the courage to go to the site of the train wreck disaster.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/us/politics/biden-baltimore-bridge- collapse.html

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