Feb. 16 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Monday said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency would play a key role in cleaning up 200 million to 300 million gallons of sewage that have spilled into the Potomac River.
Four weeks after a sewer line in Montgomery County, Maryland, collapsed on Jan. 19, Trump also criticized Gov. Wes Moore's response to the spill, while local officials have said it will take months to repair the pipe.
The Potomac River runs between Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump blamed the spill on the "result of the Gross Mismanagement of Local Democrat Leaders, particularly, Governor Wes Moore," and said that he is directing federal authorities to immediately start assisting in cleaning up the River and fixing the collapsed pipe.
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