Deadly flooding in Texas along the Guadalupe River has put to the test President Donald Trump’s vows to possibly eliminate or “wean off” the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Trump in recent weeks has called the agency too expensive and too ineffective. But with over 120 people killed in the Texas flooding, including three dozen children, the president’s targeting of the federal disaster response organization has come under new scrutiny and potentially presents him with a political problem.
“This is a tough one. … I’ve never seen anything like this. A narrow little river that became a monster,” Trump said at a round table in Kerrville, Texas, after touring the devastation from the rising and rushing waters of the Guadalupe with first lady Melania Trump and other officials. “It [was] like a giant wave in the Pacific.”
