Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter during a Texas flood roundtable, calling the question about lack of early warnings “very evil.” Visiting Central Texas following massive flash floods that left over 100 dead,

President Donald Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded state and local officials.

At least 24 people were dead and many missing after torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas.

While he’s been in communities after hurricanes and tornadoes, President Trump said the devastation he saw after an aerial tour of the flood-ravaged Texas Hill Country on Friday was different.

In early July 2025, a screenshot claimed to show a real Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump calling on people to forget the "Epstein files" and focus on the "beautiful young girls" who died in the Texas flash floods over the Fourth of July. Per the screenshot, Trump wrote:

The bodies are still being counted, but liberals don't care as long as they can make a political point. A newspaper cartoonist in New York state, with a body of work attacking President Donald Trump and his supporters,