Trump's America is a cold, hard place

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Texas floods show that Trump’s America is a cold, hard place
The president would rather intimidate and detain immigrants than help flood victims

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published July 10, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Just one month ago, Donald Trump said he wanted to “wean” the United States off the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season.

“We want to bring [FEMA] down to the state level,” Trump told reporters during a briefing in the Oval Office. “A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly if they can’t it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor.”

This week, in the wake of the floods in the Texas Hill Country that left at least 119 dead and over 161 still missing, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott praised Trump for quickly approving a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, the hardest-hit area. “The swift and very robust action by President Trump is an extraordinary help to our response,” Abbott said.

If you use Trump’s logic, maybe Abbott shouldn’t be governor.

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We all know where Trump’s heart lies — and it isn’t with the victims of a natural disaster. On the same day Texas officials were engaged in search, rescue and recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River, masked and heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents marched on foot and galloped on horseback through MacArthur Park in Los Angeles in a performative show of force.

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The floods serve as a symbolic reminder of the constant and complete failure of Trump’s government. Just this week we have had to deal with speculation on Pam Bondi being fired, revelations that Trump talked about bombing Moscow, the MAGA split caused by the latest Jeffrey Epstein controversy that Trump doesn’t want to talk about, tariff problems and the president’s “TACO” reputation — Wall Street’s indictment that “Trump Always Chickens Out” — and any of a number of other controversies brought about by a man who speaks out of both sides of his mouth and his posterior at the same time. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/07/10/texas-floods-show-that-trumps-america-is-a-cold-hard-place/