Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that the deadly floods in Texas were both a "Biden setup" and a "100-year catastrophe"

On Sunday, while taking questions from reporters, Trump claimed that he had difficulty hearing a reporter who had started asking a question about cuts to the NWS. “Democrats are blaming your federal cuts for the deaths over in Texas,” the reporter began her question to Trump, shouting loud enough to be heard.