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The Guardian - US
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Kira Lerner and Associated Press

Trump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter Fema

a woman and a man greet people in emergency uniforms and hard hats
Donald Trump greets first responders in Kerrville, Texas, on Friday. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

During a trip on Friday to look at the devastation caused by the catastrophic flooding in Texas, Donald Trump claimed that state and federal officials had done an “incredible job”, saying of the disaster that he had “never seen anything like this”.

The trip comes as he has remained conspicuously quiet about his previous promises to do away with the federal agency in charge of disaster relief.

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