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Trump kicks off week meeting with Netanyahu, closes it visiting Texas flood sites

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The hallmark of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s week included touching down in Kerrville, Texas, Friday after massive floods in the region took the lives of more than 120 people.
Both the president and the first lady met with local officials and first responders who are addressing the fallout and devastation of flash floods that struck the Central Texas community, after the Guadalupe River surged more than 22 feet in just a matter of hours.
«I’ve never seen anything like this. This is a bad one,» Trump said during a roundtable Friday with the local officials and responders.
In addition to the lives lost in the flood, officials report that more than 160 people are missing and unaccounted for in Kerr County, Texas.
TRUMP, FIRST LADY MOURN YOUNG LIVES LOST IN TEXAS FLOODS
First lady Melania Trump speaks as President Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable Friday with Texas officials after the devastating floods in Kerrville, Texas. (Pool/Fox News)
«So all across the country, Americans’ hearts are shattered,» Trump said. «We’re filled with grief and devastation. It’s the loss of life, and unfortunately, they’re still looking.»
«My administration’s doing everything in its power to help Texas,» he said.
Those who died in the flooding were at least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp founded nearly 100 years ago for girls.
«They were there because they loved God,» Trump said at the roundtable. «And as we grieve this unthinkable tragedy, we take comfort in the knowledge that God has welcomed those little beautiful girls into his comforting arms in heaven.»
Here’s what also happened this week:
Cabinet meeting
Trump held a Cabinet meeting Tuesday where he discussed plans to visit the Texas flood sites.
«I’ll be going down on Friday with the first lady, and we will be taking a trip,» Trump said. «And we don’t want to get in anyone’s way, because, you know, it’s what happens. The president goes, and everyone’s around focused. I don’t want anyone to focus on us, but it’s possible they could have.»
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President Donald Trump speaks July 9, wduring a Cabinet meeting with Secretary of Housing, Eric Scott Turner, left, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, at the White House. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
Trump also addressed SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new pitch for a third political party, following the signing of Trump’s so-called «big, beautiful bill» on the Fourth of July. Musk opposed the measure due to concerns it would increase the deficit and raise the debt ceiling.
But Trump said he isn’t worried about any challenges from Musk’s new «America Party.»
«I think it’ll help us. It’ll probably help. Third parties have always been good for me,» Trump said at the Cabinet meeting.
Trump also shared details of a recent call he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming he’s becoming frustrated with Putin as the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on.
«We get a lot of bulls— thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,» Trump said. «He’s very nice to us all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.»
Netanyahu meeting
Trump also met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and Tuesday — marking the third time Netanyahu has visited Washington during Trump’s second term. The visit comes as Trump is seeking to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Trump signaled one might be on the horizon soon.
HAMAS ‘SERIOUS’ ABOUT REACHING CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BUT INSISTS ON LONG-STANDING DEMANDS

President Donald Trump, left, meets with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)
«I will tell you we’re getting very close to a deal,» Trump told reporters Wednesday. «I don’t know if it’s secret or not secret, but doesn’t matter to me — secrets fine if it gets us to where we want to be, we want to have a ceasefire.»
«We want to have peace,» he said. «We want to get the hostages back. And I think we’re close to doing it.»
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Pope Leo picks new Vatican ambassador to US as Trump tensions mount over policies

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People Leo XIV on Saturday announced the appointment of the Vatican’s new ambassador, Apostolic Nuncio, to the U.S. to help manage strained relations with the Trump administration.
Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, 68, a veteran Vatican diplomat who is currently ambassador to the United Nations, previously served as ambassador to the Philippines and Lebanon.
Caccia is replacing 80-year-old Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who is retiring.
«I receive this mission with both joy and a sense of trepidation,» Caccia said after the appointment, according to the Vatican News. He added that his mission was «at the service of communion and peace,» remembering that 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
People Leo XIV on Saturday announced the appointment of the Vatican’s new ambassador, Apostolic Nuncio, to the U.S. to help manage strained relations with the Trump administration. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The pope and President Donald Trump have been at odds over key issues for the White House, including immigration and the war in Iran.
Pierre’s ambassadorship was also at times at odds with the more conservative U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops while representing Pope Francis’ more progressive priorities.
«Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats, nor with weapons, which sow destruction, pain, and death, but only through a reasonable, authentic, and responsible dialogue,» the American-born pope said on Sunday after the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran, according to the outlet Chicago Catholic.
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«Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of enormous proportions, I address to the parties involved a heartfelt appeal to assume the moral responsibility to stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss,» he added.
In early January, Leo also delivered a major policy speech, mostly in English, that came on the heels of the U.S. military action in Venezuela.

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia has been appointed by the pope as the new Vatican ambassador to the U.S. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
«War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading,» the pope warned in the speech.
Trump called it a «great honor for our country» when Leo was elected pope last May after Pope Francis’ death, and when asked about Leo’s remarks earlier this year seemingly pressing him on policy, Trump told Politico he hadn’t seen the statements from the pontiff, but «I’m sure he’s a lovely man.»
He also said that he had met with the pope’s brother, who he called «serious MAGA.»
Last fall, the pope suggested that supporting the «inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States» is not «pro-life,» leaving White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to «reject there was inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration.»

The pope and the Trump administration have been at odds over immigration and U.S. military actions. (Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Rocco Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
Leavitt, who is Catholic, added that the administration always tries to be as humane as possible while enforcing laws.
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Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, current president of the U.S. conference, said after Caccia’s appointment: «On behalf of my brother bishops, I wish to extend our warmest welcome and our prayerful support to him as he carries out his responsibilities across the United States.»
Trump won 59% of the Catholic vote in the 2024 election, according to Politico.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Noem thanks Trump for new Shield of the Americas special envoy role after DHS ouster

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During the Shield of the Americas summit in Florida on Saturday, outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem thanked President Donald Trump for appointing her to a newly created role after she was ousted from overseeing the agency.
Noem, who is moving to the newly created position of special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, showed no ill feelings toward the president and said she was proud of her work at DHS, arguing the department had secured the border and eliminated public safety threats.
«I do want to thank the president for creating this and for giving me the honor and the opportunity to serve as a special envoy to this region, to the Western Hemisphere,» Noem said during the summit at Trump National Doral outside Miami.
«This Shield of the Americas will be a powerful example to the rest of the world about what’s possible.»
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks during a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas summit, Saturday, at Trump National Doral near Miami. (Rebecca Blackwell / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
Trump announced this week that Noem would shift into the new role after cutting short her tenure at DHS.
Noem was removed as the nation’s immigration chief after a turbulent stretch marked by internal clashes and two contentious congressional hearings where even some Republicans pressed her over leadership missteps, including the ad campaign, which she claimed the president had signed off on.
Noem framed the initiative as an effort to expand border security cooperation beyond the United States.
«The way that we cooperate on our shared ideals of freedom and of democracy and safety and security will be a shining light to all of those who wish to be more like all of us,» she said.
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Trump removed Noem as the nation’s DHS chief this week after a turbulent stretch. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
Noem, who previously served in Congress and as South Dakota governor before leading DHS, defended her record overseeing immigration enforcement during the past year.
«In the last year, as secretary of Homeland Security, we have focused on securing our border,» she said. «We have transformed our country from one that was being invaded by enemies, millions of them that were coming in unvetted, that we didn’t know who was there and who wished to harm us.»
«We’ve secured that border,» she continued. «We’ve focused on removing public safety threats, and over 3 million people have been deported or removed from our country in the last year.»
Noem argued that stronger border enforcement has allowed the administration to pivot toward economic and diplomatic engagement with neighboring nations.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
«Secure borders has changed everything for our country,» she said. «Now that America is secure and our borders are secure, we want to focus on our neighbors and to help our neighbors with their borders and challenges that they have so that they may have the security that we enjoy.»
Trump announced on Truth Social that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., will replace her effective March 31, while Noem shifts to the newly created envoy role.
Members of Trump’s Cabinet, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attended Saturday’s summit.
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Leaders from other nations included Argentina’s Javier Milei, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Ortez, Bolivia’s Rodrigo Paz Pereira, Costa Rica’s Rodrigo Chaves Robles, Panama’s José Raúl Mulino Quintero, and Trinidad and Tobago’s Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Chile’s Jose Antonio Kast, the Dominican Republic’s Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, Ecuador’s Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín, Guyana’s Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Honduras’ Nasry «Tito» Asfura and Paraguay’s Santiago Peña.
Notably missing were the leaders of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, and Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
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