Donald Trump criticised the reporter for disrespecting the efforts of first responders and for trying to place blame on officials during such an unprecedented disaster.

US President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter for questioning the government's efforts on the Texas floods, particularly over claims that timely warnings could have saved dozens of lives.

On Friday, during a roundtable discussion at Hill Country Youth Event Centre in Kerrville, Texas, a reporter asked the President: 

"Families are upset because they say that warnings didn't go out in time, and they say that people could have been saved. What do you say to those families?"

Trump said that he believed everyone involved in the flood management did an extremely great job, considering this a rare disaster. He said, "Well, I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances." 

Quoting the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, he said it was a one-in-1,000-year flood and added that he had admiration for the job that everybody did.

Then he criticised the reporter for disrespecting the efforts of first responders and for trying to place blame on officials in the middle of such an unprecedented disaster. 

Source: Ndtv