Fact Check: Kristi Noem credits Trump for hurricane-free season. Here's the context.

During a Cabinet meeting broadcast on December 2, 2025, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made a lighthearted comment directed at President Donald Trump regarding the U.S. hurricane season. She said, Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. And so, FEMA, FEMA you, even you kept the hurricanes away, so we appreciate that.

Her remark was met with laughter, and she quickly returned to discussing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), indicating that her comment was intended as off-the-cuff humor rather than a literal statement.

Despite this, social media users and some posts spread the quote as if Noem had seriously credited Trump with controlling the weather. For example, a December 2 post on the progressive Occupy Democrats Facebook page highlighted the comment with images of Noem and Trump, suggesting it was a form of exaggerated praise.

Videos from the meeting confirm that the comment occurred at the 1:24:00 mark on the official White House YouTube channel, with Trump's reaction visible at 1:24:05 on CNBC's YouTube channel. USA Today reported that no hurricanes made landfall in the U.S. during 2025.

The 2025 season did see severe weather, including remnants of Tropical Storm Barry contributing to July flash floods in Texas that killed over 135 people, and flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal in North Carolina that resulted in at least six deaths.

Snopes reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and the White House to clarify the context of the remark, emphasizing that it was meant as a joke and that laughter was audible in the room.

Author: Lucas Grant