President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are touring flood-ravaged Kerr County, pledging Texas relief.
KERRVILLE, Texas — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are touring the damage zone in Kerr County after devastating floods ravaged the area on July Fourth.
Air Force One arrived at Kelly Field at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland just past noon Friday. The president and his traveling party then boarded Marine One to head to Kerr County. Additional Osprey aircraft accompanied the tour with support staff and journalists.
The president has pledged to provide whatever relief Texas needs to recover. He was scheduled to take an aerial tour of the hardest hit areas of Kerr County, including Kerrville, Ingram and Hunt, early Friday afternoon.
The president was set to hold a roundtable with local officials and first responders following his tour of the devastation. That roundtable was scheduled to begin at 2:10 p.m.
KENS5.com will carry a stream of the presidential roundtable on this article page.
The Trump administration has been criticized for pledging to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and return disaster response to the states.
But since the July 4 disaster, which has killed at least 120 people, the president and his top aides have focused on the once-in-a-lifetime nature of what occurred and the human tragedy involved rather than the government-slashing that’s been popular with Trump’s core supporters.
“Nobody ever saw a thing like this coming,” Trump told NBC News on Thursday, adding: ”This is a once-in-every-200-year deal.” He’s also suggested he’d have been ready to visit Texas within hours but didn’t want to burden authorities still searching for the numerous people still missing.
First lady Melania Trump accompanied the president Friday, marking the second time this term that she has joined her husband to tour a natural disaster site.
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