Trump’s $14B Flood Wall: Climate Says Hold My Water
In a city-level sequel to 'How Not to Stop Water,' a $14 billion flood system is playing defense against Mother Nature’s greatest hits: climate change ratios turning rainfall into a deluge, sinking land faster than your cousin's startup, plus budget cuts courtesy of the good old Trump administration—famous for making projects disappear like socks in the dryer. Here, big bucks met big water threats, with no cameo by hopeful funding. Spoiler alert: when climate change, land subsidence, and political budget slashing unite, $14 billion just turns into an expensive puddle party.
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(1 of 3)When you spend $14 billion on flood defenses but climate change, sinking land, and Trump's budget cuts RSVP with their plus-ones called Catastrophe and Disaster, 'protection' becomes an expensive invitation to a flood-themed house party.
Invest $14 billion in flood protection, lose to climate change, land subsidence, and budget cuts—all the plot twists of a soap opera but without the dramatic background music.
Trump budget cuts join climate change and land subsidence to star in 'Flood System: The Budget Gets Wet Edition.' Spoiler: nobody stays dry, and $14 billion is just background noise.
Source: Grist | Published: 8/27/2025 | Author: Jake Bittle
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