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U.S. President Donald Trump actually sent 700 U.S. Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles in June 2025 — alongside 4,000 National Guard troops.
President Trump has not talked about eliminating FEMA as the emergency response agency helps with recovery efforts from the Texas floods.
Trump called on Texas Republicans to gerrymander their districts. Senate Republicans rallied behind turning DOGE cuts into law. This week: The Senate appears likely to approve almost $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting after removing from the package cuts to an HIV/AIDS program.
"It’s hard to believe the devastation," Trump said. "Trees that are 100 years old just ripped out of the ground. I've never seen anything like this, and I've seen a lot of bad ones."
Trump never said the above words. We found no evidence in his public statements, interviews or on his social media posts about the Texas floods that he hoped immigrants had died in the flooding. The above video and voice-over is likely AI-generated. As such, we rate this claim as false.
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Plus, Republicans strategists are advising lawmakers to appeal to working class voters when selling Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" ahead of the midterms.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met with local, state and federal officials and first responders who are navigating the aftermath of flash floods that devastated the Central Texas community in Kerrville.
President Donald Trump has plenty of recent accomplishments he wants the public to talk about, but there’s an issue dividing his political base that won't go away.