Donald Trump odwiedził Teksas w piątek 11 lipca 2025 roku, aby zobaczyć skutki katastrofalnej powodzi, która nawiedziła środkową część stanu. Powódź, określana przez Trumpa jako „stuletnia katastrofa”, spowodowała death co najmniej 120 osób, w tym wielu children, a ponad 160 osób nadal jest poszukiwanych. Najbardziej dotkniętym obszarem jest hrabstwo Kerr, gdzie znaleziono około 95 ciał, w tym 36 dzieci.
Trump: "I've never seen anything like it."
During the visit, Trump and First Lady Melanie met with the victims' families and local emergency services and officials. The president expressed compassion and support for the victims, emphasizing that the whole nation is united in pain and solidarity with the people of Texas. He described the destruction as hard to believe, pointing out that he had seen many bad things, but never such things. — Hundred-year-old trees were torn from the ground and the landscape was severely destroyed.
"Melania and I pray for all families affected by this terrible tragedy. Our brave rescuers are here and doing what they do best." — Donald Trump.
Trump's visit also had a political dimension, especially in the context of his earlier suggestions to limit the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Trump suggested that crisis management should be more centralised at the state level rather than the federal level, which met with the support of some local politicians, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Texas underwater. Emergency actions are underway
In Texas, in just a few hours, between 4 and 7 July, it fell to 500 mm of rain, which accounted for over a third of the annual total rainfall. The water surprised sleeping residents and camp participants, which made evacuation and rescue much harder. The flood changed the valley of the Guadalupe River unrecognizable and sank more than 100 residential buildings, resulting in mass evacuations and loss of shelter by many residents.
Texas authorities, including Governor Greg Abbott, stress that The search continues and will not rest until each person is found. Emergency services and local communities carry out extensive rescue and relief activities.
