Rosie O'Donnell claims Trump’s ‘horrible decisions’ led to tragic Texas floods: ‘These are the results’

KERR COUNTY, TEXAS: Rosie O’Donnell is pointing fingers at President Donald Trump over the devastating flash floods that have rocked Texas.

While currently self-deported in Ireland, the former talk show host took to TikTok to sound off about the natural disaster, blaming Trump for allegedly gutting emergency systems that, she says, could’ve helped save lives.

Rosie O’Donnell blames Donald Trump for Texas floods

“What a horror story in Texas,” Rosie O’Donnell began, referring to the flooding along the Guadalupe River. “The flash floods in Texas, the Guadalupe River, 51 missing, 51 dead, more missing, children at a camp.”

Torrential rain caused the Guadalupe River to surge a shocking 26 feet in just 45 minutes. As the death toll climbs, O’Donnell is painting Donald Trump as the villain in this catastrophe.

“When the President guts all of the early warning systems and the weathering forecasting abilities of the government,” O’Donnell warned, “These are the results that we’re going to start to see on a daily basis. Because he’s put this country in so much danger by his horrible, horrible decisions and this ridiculously immoral bill that he just signed into law.”

O’Donnell claimed Trump’s “horrible decisions” have made Americans more vulnerable than ever before. “People will die as a result,” she said. “Shame on him,” she continued. “Shame on every GOP sycophant who’s listening and following the disastrous decisions of this mentally incapacitated POTUS.”

Recent reports indicate that at least 82 people have been killed and dozens remain missing following devastating flash flood. The search-and-rescue operation has begun to shift into a grim recovery mission.

In Kerr County, searchers have found the bodies of 68 people, including 28 children, Sheriff Larry Leitha said on July 6. 

Federal response ramps up amid scrutiny over local failures

With so many lives lost and many still unaccounted for, there are questions about whether this could have been prevented. Local officials are under “intensifying scrutiny” over why summer camps and riverside residents weren’t evacuated or even alerted sooner, according to the Associated Press.

The National Weather Service had issued flash flood warnings and even declared flash flood emergencies (a rare, high-alert warning) early on July 4. The NWS office in New Braunfels reportedly had “extra staff on duty during the storms,” trying to stay ahead of the rapidly changing conditions.

In response to the crisis, Trump issued a Major Disaster Declaration, activating FEMA in Texas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also promised federal help.

“I do carry your concerns back to the federal government and to President Trump,” she told local officials. “And we will do all we can to fix those kinds of things that may have felt like a failure to you and to your community members.”

Noem added that upgrades are already underway. “We know that everybody wants more warning time, and that’s why we’re working to upgrade the technologies that [have] been neglected [for] far too long,” she said. She mentioned improvements being made to both the National Weather Service (NWS) and NOAA systems, which she described as “ancient.”

Rosie O’Donnell faces backlash for her comments

Rosie O’Donnell's TikTok rant didn’t exactly earn her a standing ovation. Many on social media slammed her attempt to blame Donald Trump for the flash floods.

"How is a natural disaster being blamed on Trump? The water levels rose 26 feet in 45 minutes!" one posted on X.

"Everyone knows she doesn't care about the people in Texas. She saw any opportunity to blame Trump, and that is her sole purpose," another wrote.

"Blaming the weather on any politician is asinine. Rosie needs to up her meds," someone else added.

"Rosie O’Donnell is Hollywood TRASH," read a comment.

Another called her "one sick puppy with terminal TDS," referencing the term “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

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