President Donald Trump has backtracked on the Federal Emergency Management Agency following the disastrous flash floods in Texas, saying Friday during a visit to the disaster zone that “we have some good people running FEMA” thanks to his hires, reported The New York Times.

“It’s about time, right? We get some good ones. They failed us in North Carolina, but when we got in on Jan. 20, they fixed it up in no time.”

Trump in mid-June said he planned to phase out FEMA after this year’s hurricane season.

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