Darlene Superville, Author at The Rapid City Post

Trump avoids talk of scrapping FEMA after more than 100 killed in Texas flash flood

July 8, 2025

President Donald Trump has avoided talk of scrapping the federal disaster response agency after the catastrophic flash flood in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including children at an all-girls camp. He was asked shortly after the disaster if he still intended to phase out FEMA but said it wasn’t the right time to talk about it. He also didn’t mention his plans during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. Instead, the Republican president opened the meeting by having Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem talk about her visit leading the federal response. Noem grew emotional as she described watching parents pull their children’s belongings from the mud.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump says he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would ‘waste time’

June 17, 2025

A spokesperson for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the governor wishes Donald Trump would be a “president for all Americans.” That statement comes after Trump said that he won’t call Walz after two Democratic lawmakers were shot, one fatally. Trump says doing so would “waste time.” Trump told reporters he could “be nice” and call the governor, “but why waste time?” Walz was the 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate and he often branded Trump as “weird.” Walz said on social media that he’s heartened at times of tragedy “when people of different views and even different nations can rally together around our shared humanity,.”

White House breaks ground on Trump projects to pave over Rose Garden grass, add flagpoles to lawns

June 9, 2025

The White House has broken ground on construction projects ordered by President Donald Trump to pave over the Rose Garden lawn and install flagpoles on the north and south lawns. Reporters saw the Rose Garden project had begun Monday as they were taken out to the South Lawn to wait for Trump to return on the Marine One helicopter. The Republican president had overnighted at the Camp David retreat in Maryland. After getting off the chopper, Trump walked over to a bulldozer positioned on the lawn to start digging a foundation for one of two flagpoles.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with children during a briefing for children during a Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s sweet tooth: He eats a ‘good amount’ of candy and likes pink Starbursts and Tootsie Rolls

May 20, 2025

President Donald Trump has a sweet tooth. That’s according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who made the revelation at a briefing Tuesday for the children of White House reporters. It was part of a day of events as the White House observed Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. The president and first lady Melania Trump also held separate events with groups of children. One child asked Leavitt how much candy does the president eat every day and she said, “a good amount.” She said he likes pink Starburst candies and Tootsie Rolls.

Darlene Superville.

Trump avoids talk of scrapping FEMA after more than 100 killed in Texas flash flood

Trump says he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would ‘waste time’

White House breaks ground on Trump projects to pave over Rose Garden grass, add flagpoles to lawns

Trump’s sweet tooth: He eats a ‘good amount’ of candy and likes pink Starbursts and Tootsie Rolls

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