Trump Admin Makes Shock Admission on Texas Disaster
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What shocking admission did Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem make about the Texas flash floods?
This is just horrific stuff, folks. The Trump regime just held a press conference in Texas. They had Christy Gnome, the Secretary for Homeland Security, hold this press conference regarding the catastrophic storm that led to flash floodings in Kerr County. The the current death toll is 32 individuals, including 14 children, and there are still people who are missing. Missing the death toll may indeed get higher. So Christy Gnome was holding this press conference and she was asked a question about why the National Weather Service was not pinging people's phones as they expected, and whether there was a failure in the federal government's responsibility to keep the people of Texas safe. Now, Christy Gnome responds by saying that the technology needed
To be upgraded, and she seems to be blaming former President Biden. Also, in this disastrous press conference, she almost seems to be blaming Texas and saying that Texas should be taking the lead here in emergency response, where this would be one of the prime activities that FEMA, where the federal government would indeed be taking the lead, and the federal government in normal situations would be prepossessing. Positioning their own emergency responders with state responders, and the feds would be leading the effort. We have this on videotape so you can see the receipts that we have. But let's just go through some of the facts one by one. I want to show you this disastrous press conference, but we need to be able to fact-check everything appropriately so you understand.
So as Dan Coe, who was in the Biden administration, writes. The National Weather Service, NWS, is under NOAA, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Trump regime proposed cutting 25% of the NOAA budget, about $1.6 billion, including labs that support NWS. Trump lost 600 NWS officials, National Weather Service officials. Due to layoffs and retirements. Remember when Doge was doing that? And then just a few days ago, Christy Gnome was bragging about stealing money from FEMA to fund Alligator Alcatraz. Here's Christy Gnome's post. Alligator Alcatraz will be funded largely by FEMA's shelter and services program, which the Biden administration used as a piggy bank to spend hundreds of millions of American.
American taxpayer dollars to house illegal aliens, including the Roosevelt Hotel that served Trendai Agua. I mean, that's not true, but she did steal money from FEMA to fund Alligator Alcatraz. And as I said, we know that that death toll is rising now. This is quite the admission from Christy Noam, the Secretary of Homeland Security. Same excuse that Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, used. to try to avoid blame for the FAA shortages. So just so you can make sure you can hear it, the reporter says, why was the National Weather Service not pinging their phones before seven? Was it a fundamental failure of the federal government's responsibility to keep us safe? And then Christy Gnome says, well, Trump is upgrading the technology.
And then she claims that the bad technology seems to have played a role in this.
How does the episode explain the role of the National Weather Service and the impact of Trump‑era budget cuts?
And And she blames former President Biden. Watch this for yourself. Let's play it.
Why was uh why was the national weather service not
I got an update at seven o'clock. First one I heard. The week but not before seven o'clock. Wasn't that a fundamental failure of the of the federal government's responsibility to be to say? Well, you know, my background is um before I was in the secretary position here into the Trump administration, I was governor of South Dakota and served in Congress for eight years before I was governor. Um and so I will tell you that um for decades, for years, everybody knows that the weather is extremely difficult to predict, but also that the National Weather Service over the years at times has has done well and at times we have all wanted more time and more warning and more than that. Alerts and more notification.
Um, that is something and one of the reasons that when President Trump took office uh that he said he wanted to fix and is currently upgrading the technology, and the National Weather Service has indicated that with that and NOAA that we needed uh to renew this ancient system that has been left in place with the Federal Government for many, many years, and that is the reforms that are ongoing there.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What shocking admission did Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem make about the Texas flash floods?
0:00–3:19
2
How does the episode explain the role of the National Weather Service and the impact of Trump‑era budget cuts?
3:19–6:38
3
Why does Kristi Noem blame former President Biden for the failed flood warnings?
6:38–9:24
4
What evidence is presented that the federal government is shifting disaster responsibility to Texas?
9:24–12:02
5
How did the firing of FEMA’s interim head illustrate the administration’s stance on FEMA?
12:02–15:06
6
What do Texas officials and local judges say about the lack of evacuation and warning?
15:06–16:41
7
How are NOAA and NWS budget cuts projected to affect future weather forecasting and disaster response?
16:41–20:10
8
What broader pattern of disaster mismanagement does the episode highlight beyond the Texas flood?
20:10–23:10