The Trump Regime Is Making Disasters Worse

The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org.

Could last month’s catastrophic flooding damage in the Pacific Northwest have been prevented? There’s a certain amount of wreckage that’s bound to occur when an atmospheric river dumps five trillion gallons of water on a region in a week.

But did things have to be so bad? Absolutely not. At least some of the destruction could...