'Personal Reasons': Teleporting FEMA Official Gregg Phillips, Abandons Job Did he go back to Waffle House?

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As with many of Trump appointees, Phillips should NEVER have had the job in the first place!!

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'Personal Reasons': Teleporting FEMA Official Abandons Job
Did he go back to Waffle House?
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/06/teleporting-fema-official-abandons-job

By Red Painter — June 27, 2026

One of the absolute weirdest people to join the Trump administration (and that says A LOT) is Gregg Phillips. After joining FEMA, it came out that he is a complete loon who thinks he teleported to a Waffle House. In actuality, he probably just gotta black out drunk and took an uber to Waffle House, because who doesn't want some super buttery waffles and a big old soda when you are blackout drunk?

Well, after just a few months on the job, this weirdo has decided to leave FEMA. I guess he teleported himself right out of his job.

Gregg Phillips was appointed in December to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recover - a super critical job, and one that cannot be done by a delusional whack-a-doodle. So, of course, Trump installed a conspiracy theorist, right-wing, delusional nut.

FEMA confirmed on Thursday that he is taking leave for "personal reasons." But, it was also disclosed that the leave was not his choice, aka he was told "you're fired."
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1. MaddowBlog-FEMA official known for Waffle House teleportation claims steps down from role

It remains an open question as to how and why Gregg Phillips was tapped to lead an important federal office in the first place.

As Gregg Phillips, an enthusiastic election denier best known for his weird teleportation claims, steps down from his FEMA leadership role, an obvious question still needs an answer:

Why was he given this job in the first place?
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-26T12:53:08.158Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fema-official-waffle-house-steps-down

In March, Phillips became even more controversial when CNN reported that the FEMA official had claimed, more than once, that he was involuntarily teleported, including an incident in which he said he was sent to a Waffle House restaurant 50 miles away. In response to questions about his alleged experiences, the FEMA official continued to insist on the validity of his claims......

At that point, it seemed like it would only be a matter of time before the FEMA official started updating his résumé. It’s against this backdrop that The Washington Post reported:

A high-ranking official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency who sparked controversy for claiming that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election and that he once teleported to a Waffle House has gone on leave, agency officials confirmed Thursday.

.....The developments leave us with a couple of lingering questions.

The first is why Phillips was given this job in the first place. It’s not as if this guy was rewarded for his political loyalties with some obscure position deep within the federal bureaucracy. On the contrary, CNN’s original report noted that despite his weird beliefs, Phillips was in one of “the most consequential” positions at FEMA, leading an office that makes decisions involving “search-and-rescue operations, emergency aid, infrastructure restoration and ultimately distributing billions of dollars in disaster assistance.”

The second is whether the emergency response agency can handle being shorthanded as hurricane season gets underway. Politico reported in late May, “The Trump administration is approaching hurricane season with the smallest disaster workforce since 2021, a huge backlog of state aid requests and 15 vacancies in top emergency management jobs.”

Phillips’ departure, in other words, adds a degree of tumult to an agency that has struggled to find stability over the past year and a half.

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2. Waffle House Abuse

I may have seen Gregg Phillips at this Waffle House recently.

If you know what's good for you, never mess with that slender blond gal behind the counter...

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3. Another useless waste of government resources

Meanwhile, deserving and well-qualified public servants have LOST their federal jobs by the thousands.

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4. Well, he won't need travel pay.