Trump praises Noem on flooding response: ‘Literally the first person I saw on television’

Trump trolled for praising Kristi Noem’s Texas flood response as 'she was the first person I saw on TV'

Trump said, 'I don’t know anything about it. We were right on time. We were there. In fact, she was the first one I saw on television'

Trump praises Noem on flooding response: ‘Literally the first person I saw on television’

President Trump praised Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for the federal response to the recent deadly floods in Texas that have killed at least 120 people, amid scrutiny over the speed of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) action in the Lone Star State.

Trump praises Noem’s disaster response – because he saw her on TV

President praises Homeland Security Secretary as ‘right on the ball’ and doing a ‘great job’ despite intense criticism of FEMA over this week’s devastating flash flooding

Trump Says Kristi Noem Def Didn't Delay Texas Flood Response—Because He Saw Her on TV

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is constantly under fire because she’s bad at her job and cares more about getting hair extensions to have photoshoots at foreign gulags than she does about, oh, I don’t know, competently running the Department of Homeland Security. But this week, ICE Barbie is under fire because she fucked up FEMA’s response to the deadly Texas floods. Fortunately for her, her boss thinks she did a great job since she man…

The politics of flooding: Disaster response being rewritten amidst tragedy

By Kylie Caldwell, Gaylord News WASHINGTON – The homeland security secretary on Wednesday called the nation’s emergency disaster response agency a “bloated bureaucracy” as deadly floodwaters surged through the Texas hill country.  Even as FEMA, hit by huge layoffs when President Trump took office, struggled to deploy resources to flood-stricken Kerr County where the death […] The post The politics of flooding: Disaster response being rewritten a…

Trump Says Kristi Noem Did 'A Great Job' Amid Criticism She Fumbled Texas Floods Response

The homeland security secretary slammed a CNN report detailing how a rule she put in place slowed down FEMA's response to the tragedy.