Trump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter Fema
by Kira Lerner and Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6YK64)
Since disaster that has killed at least 120 people, US president has remained quiet about promises to axe relief agency
During a trip on Friday to look at the devastation caused by the catastrophic flooding 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".
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.
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