President Donald Trump is deploying the Federal Emergency Management Agency to spearhead efforts to control a wastewater spill in the Potomac River that is considered by experts to be the largest in U.S. history.

Trump lambasted regional Democratic leaders as “incompetent,” alleging that it was becoming “clear” that “local authorities cannot adequately handle this calamity.”

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