Donald Trump tells emergency workers they can sell his autograph for £7,500
Donald Trump was speaking to people responding to Hurricane Laura when he started signing autographs.
Donald Trump has told emergency service workers responding to Hurricane Laura they could sell his autograph for $10,000 (£7,500).
The US president was in Lake Charles, Louisiana, yesterday where he surveyed the damage and attended a briefing with local officials.
After the meeting, Mr Trump sat down and began signing autographs for some of those in attendance, telling one group of people: ‘Come here fellas, get over here. I want a little power.’
Handing over an autographed piece of paper to one official, he tells him he could go on to sell it for $10,000.
He said: ‘Sell this on eBay tonight, you’ll get $10,000.’
He said to another local official he would not personalise the autograph by addressing it to him because it would ‘lose a lot of value’.
Mr Trump’s autographs typically sell for a lower amount on eBay but some items of memorabilia can fetch thousands of pounds.
Hurricane Laura swept through Louisiana earlier this week and was a category-four storm when it made landfall.
At least 14 people were killed by the storm – 10 in Louisiana, four in Texas.
Thankfully, the storm missed more populated areas, but at least 8,000 homes were still destroyed. A further 14,000 people sought shelter and some 400,000 homes are without power.
Mr Trump said the loss of life was a ‘tremendous number’, but added it ‘could have been a lot worse’.
He said: ‘One thing I know about this state, it rebuilds fast.’
The president’s visit to Louisiana came on the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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