The president, along with first lady Melania Trump, listened to stories of survival and struggle as he surveyed the wreckage of Hurricane Michael. Trump paused his election-season campaign blitz for the visit, largely — but not completely — putting politics on the backburner for the day. At a farm in Macon, Kevin Rentz, a fourth-generation cotton and peanut farmer, told Trump he lost his entire cotton crop. “You’ll get it back,” Trump told Rentz. A woman carrying a toddler posed for a photo and then told Trump he should come back for barbecue.

Source: National Post October 15, 2018 15:51 UTC