FEMA official says he was “teleported” to a Waffle House—and won’t back down

A senior Trump administration tasked with managing America’s disaster response won’t stop talking about teleporting. Gregg Phillips, who leads FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, first made claims about teleportation on a podcast, describing the feeling of his car being “lifted up” and relocated into a ditch near a church. In another instance, Phillips described finding himself teleported to a Waffle House miles away from his previous location.  The Trump administration named Phillips, best known for profiting from election conspiracy theories, to one of the top roles at the disaster relief agency in December. “Teleporting is no fun… It was scary in a way,” Phillips said on an episode of the podcast “Onward,” which aired prior to his appointment to the federal government. At the time, Phillips said he didn’t know if the experience was “good” or “evil.” After CNN reported on Phillips’ strange claims last month, the FEMA official has taken to social media to de