President Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour 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.
President Donald Trump has pledged to provide whatever relief Texas needs to recover. He is expected to take an aerial tour of the hardest hit areas of Kerr County, including Kerrville, Ingram and Hunt.
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 crusade 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 more than 170 people who are still missing.
First lady Melania Trump will accompany 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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