Trump Kicks Off Week Meeting With Netanyahu, Closes It Visiting Texas Flood Sites

The hallmark of President Donald Trump and first woman Melania Trump’s week included rubbing down successful Kerrville, Texas, Friday aft monolithic floods successful nan region took nan lives of much than 120 people.

Both nan president and nan first woman met pinch section officials and first responders who are addressing nan fallout and devastation of flash floods that struck nan Central Texas community, aft nan Guadalupe River surged much than 22 feet successful conscionable a matter of hours. 

"I've ne'er seen thing for illustration this. This is simply a bad one," Trump said during a roundtable Friday pinch nan section officials and responders. 

In summation to nan lives mislaid successful nan flood, officials study that much than 160 group are missing and unaccounted for successful Kerr County, Texas. 

TRUMP, FIRST LADY MOURN YOUNG LIVES LOST IN TEXAS FLOODS

First woman Melania Trump speaks arsenic President Donald Trump looks connected during a roundtable Friday pinch Texas officials aft nan devastating floods successful Kerrville, Texas. (Pool/Fox News)

"So each crossed nan country, Americans' hearts are shattered," Trump said. "We're filled pinch condolences and devastation. It's nan nonaccomplishment of life, and unfortunately, they're still looking." 

"My administration’s doing everything successful its powerfulness to thief Texas," he said. 

Those who died successful nan flooding were astatine slightest 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a Christian summertime campy founded astir 100 years agone for girls. 

"They were location because they loved God," Trump said astatine nan roundtable. "And arsenic we grieve this unthinkable tragedy, we return comfortableness successful nan knowledge that God has welcomed those small beautiful girls into his comforting arms successful heaven."

Here’s what besides happened this week:

Cabinet meeting

Trump held a Cabinet gathering Tuesday wherever he discussed plans to sojourn nan Texas flood sites. 

"I'll beryllium going down connected Friday pinch nan first lady, and we will beryllium taking a trip," Trump said. "And we don't want to get successful anyone's way, because, you know, it's what happens. The president goes, and everyone's astir focused. I don't want anyone to attraction connected us, but it's imaginable they could have."

TRUMP SHIFTS TONE ON PUTIN

President Donald Trump speaks July 9, wduring a Cabinet gathering pinch Secretary of Housing, Eric Scott Turner, left, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, astatine nan White House.  (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)

Trump besides addressed SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s caller transportation for a 3rd governmental party, pursuing nan signing of Trump’s alleged "big, beautiful bill" connected nan Fourth of July. Musk opposed nan measurement owed to concerns it would summation nan shortage and raise nan indebtedness ceiling. 

But Trump said he isn’t worried astir immoderate challenges from Musk’s caller "America Party." 

"I deliberation it'll thief us. It'll astir apt help. Third parties person ever been bully for me," Trump said astatine nan Cabinet meeting. 

Trump besides shared specifications of a caller call he had pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming he's becoming disappointment pinch Putin arsenic nan warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine rages on. 

"We get a batch of bulls--- thrown astatine america by Putin, if you want to cognize nan truth," Trump said. "He’s very bully to america each nan time, but it turns retired to beryllium meaningless."

Netanyahu meeting

Trump besides met pinch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Monday and Tuesday — marking nan 3rd clip Netanyahu has visited Washington during Trump’s 2nd term. The sojourn comes arsenic Trump is seeking to unafraid a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas. 

Trump signaled 1 mightiness beryllium connected nan sky soon. 

HAMAS 'SERIOUS' ABOUT REACHING CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BUT INSISTS ON LONG-STANDING DEMANDS

President Donald Trump, left, meets pinch Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful nan Blue Room of nan White House, July 7, 2025, successful Washington.  (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)

"I will show you we're getting very adjacent to a deal," Trump told reporters Wednesday. "I don't cognize if it's concealed aliases not secret, but doesn't matter to maine — secrets good if it gets america to wherever we want to be, we want to person a ceasefire."

"We want to person peace," he said. "We want to get nan hostages back. And I deliberation we're adjacent to doing it."