The landslide and resulting floods in Nepal were a horrific disaster, no one disputes that. Thousands of people are still missing and feared dead. It’s terrible all around.
Our horrible media is now trying to blame President Trump for this, which really should surprise no one. It was just a matter of time before they did this.
Naturally, CNN rushed to be the first clowns to do this.
In January 2025, the Trump administration cut off funding for a long-running natural hazards program that aimed to identify and monitor landslide hotspots in Nepal. While the program the administration cut would not have been able to prevent the disaster that happened this past… pic.twitter.com/UR7R8jAESc
— CNN (@CNN) September 3, 2026
From the CNN report:
In January 2025, the Trump administration cut off funding for a long-running natural hazards program that aimed to identify and monitor landslide hotspots in Nepal. While the program would not have been able to prevent the disaster that happened this past week, it represented a first step towards making those kinds of protections possible in a future where they are going to be needed more…
A State Department spokesperson told CNN that the January 2025 funding cut came before the administration’s reorganization of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which included funding cuts to many of USAID’s programs, and that Project SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya’s tools and services remain active today through another organization, the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). The State Department spokesperson also said that the US still supports flood mitigation programs in Nepal.
TIME also got in on the action.
“The climate disasters in Nepal are the essence of climate injustice. Those least responsible for climate change are the worst affected and the least equipped to recover,” writes Sumnima Udas, a member of Parliament in Nepal. https://t.co/8N5gQBcxv6
— TIME (@TIME) September 2, 2026
Michael Shellenberger, a journalist who is NOT insane, pushed back on this.
You guys are pathetic. They had plenty of USAID and UN money but spent it on “nature-based solutions” and “gender inclusion” workshops rather than sensors and sirens.
CNN is Pravda for woke malthusianshttps://t.co/wLSrBOlfaZ https://t.co/RHtNrTBnaI
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) September 3, 2026
You miserable grifters. It was a landslide. There is zero evidence climate change played any role whatsoever. And Nepal could have used the billions USAID & the UN gave it to install cheap sensors and sirens but held “gender inclusion” workshops instead.
https://t.co/wEKFdxFSan https://t.co/DWnWKYi2SK— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) September 3, 2026
Our media is such a garbage dump.
I have to be honest, sometimes I forget not just how depraved, but how lazy the media has become.
“We’ll pin the deaths in Nepal on Trump” was not one I saw coming.
It’s not even sophisticated propaganda anymore. I think they’ve just given up trying. https://t.co/l2dRsS3GAt
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) September 3, 2026
They will never change.
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
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