The remote village of Kipnuk had planned to use the money from the EPA to protect itself from flooding, but that money was cancelled by the Trump administration. On Sunday, the entire village was underwater.

But this is what happens when you put irresponsible people in positions of responsibility in the federal government.

Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding.

The grant from the Environmental Protection Agency was designed to help stabilize the riverbank on which Kipnuk is built, protecting it from the twin threats of erosion and flooding.

But in May, the E.P.A. revoke

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