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

<p>Since disaster that has killed at least 120 people, US president has remained quiet about promises to axe relief agency</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/11/us-politics-live-news-updates-donald-trump-texas-floods-democrats-republicans">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>During a trip on Friday to look at the devastation caused by the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas-floods-2025">catastrophic flooding</a> 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”.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-texas-flood-damage-fema">Continue reading...</a>