White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season
Social media users across the political spectrum mocked the post, which came amid a historically calm Atlantic season.
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White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season
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What this story says
- The White House's Rapid Response 47 account on X posted "Thank you, President Trump!" in response to a meteorologist's observation of no hurricanes forming in the North Atlantic Ocean in 2026.
- Meteorologist Chris Martz noted the lack of hurricanes, stating "history has been made" due to the quiet season.
- The White House post was met with widespread mockery on social media from users across the political spectrum.
- Scientists attribute the calm hurricane season to a powerful El Niño pattern, which creates conditions hostile to storm formation.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 5 of the 14 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
68/100
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Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The White House's Rapid Response 47 account on X posted "Thank you, President Trump!" after meteorologist Chris Martz noted that no hurricanes had formed in the North Atlantic Ocean so far in 2026. Martz described the situation as "history has been made." The National Hurricane Center confirmed that only five relatively weak tropical storms have developed this season, and none are expected to form for at least another week.
The White House post drew mockery on social media from users across the political spectrum. Scientists attribute the quiet hurricane season to a powerful El Niño pattern. Experts told The Associated Press that El Niño's effects have been unusually dominant this year, creating conditions hostile to storm formation in the Atlantic.
Disagreement on the cause of the quiet season
Multiple experts attribute the quiet hurricane season to a powerful El Niño pattern, according to reports. Reality Tea cited Kristen Corbosiero, an atmospheric science professor at the University at Albany, who described hostile conditions for storm formation. Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach also noted the severity of El Niño's impact on the Atlantic.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated digests mention the White House's Rapid Response 47 account posting "Thank you, President Trump!" in response to a meteorologist noting the lack of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean so far in 2026. The National Hurricane Center confirmed that only five relatively weak tropical storms have developed so far this season, according to Reality Tea and Joe.My.God.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 15 Sept 2026, 19:30, and will add the sides that appear.
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
7 rated outlets
- Eight left-rated reports led on the White House's post and the subsequent mockery. HuffPost, Comic Sands, LGBTQ Nation, Wonkette, News.de, indy100-Independent, IndexHR, and Joe.My.God. all highlighted the White House's message and the negative reaction it received. Several of these reports used strong language to describe the post, with HuffPost calling it "bonkers" and "fucking desperate to worship a politician." Wonkette sarcastically suggested "Dear Leader Trump Stopped Them!" and News.de noted the "absurdity" of the situation.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- Two centre-rated reports, Reality Tea and UNILAD, focused on the White House crediting Donald Trump for the quiet hurricane season and the resulting ridicule. Reality Tea provided details on the scientific explanation for the calm season, citing experts like Kristen Corbosiero and Phil Klotzbach, and noted that the White House did not explain how Trump supposedly prevented hurricanes. UNILAD described the White House post as sparking confusion and branding it 'crazy'.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The single right-rated report, news-pravda.com, stated that the official White House account on X thanked Trump for the fact that no hurricanes had formed in the North Atlantic this year. The report did not elaborate on the reaction to the post or provide scientific explanations.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 78% are rated left, 11% are rated centre, 11% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 14. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season biased?
- White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season is one event reported by 14 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered White House thanks Trump for quiet hurricane season?
- 14 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did the White House post say about hurricanes?
- The White House's Rapid Response 47 account on X posted "Thank you, President Trump!" in response to a meteorologist noting the lack of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean so far in 2026. This post drew widespread mockery online.
- Why has the hurricane season been quiet?
- Scientists attribute the quiet hurricane season to a powerful El Niño pattern. Experts say El Niño's effects have been unusually dominant this year, creating conditions hostile to storm formation in the Atlantic.
- How many tropical storms have formed this year?
- The National Hurricane Center confirmed that only five relatively weak tropical storms have developed so far this season. None are expected to form for at least another week, despite it being peak season.
Read it at the source
14 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
7- White House Dragged After Thanking Trump For Lack Of Hurricanes In North Atlantic In Bonkers Post (opens Comic Sands in a new tab)
Comic Sands — is Comic Sands biased? Our profile of this outlet
- “I’m out of jokes”: Jaws drop as White House credits Donald Trump for stopping hurricanes (opens LGBTQ Nation in a new tab)
LGBTQ Nation — is LGBTQ Nation biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- The Hurricanes Had Tears In Their Eyes And Said ‘Sir! Sir!’ But Dear Leader Trump Stopped Them! (opens Wonkette in a new tab)
Wonkette — is Wonkette biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Donald Trump: "Absurdity Blows up Every Scale" – Web Disassembled Curious Hurricane Post (opens News.de in a new tab)
News.de — is News.de biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- White House Whips Up A Storm With Bonkers Trump Hurricane Post (opens HuffPost in a new tab)
- There Were No Hurricanes in the Atlantic This Year. The White House: Thank You, President Trump (opens IndexHR in a new tab)
- White House Credits Trump With Preventing Hurricanes (opens Joe.My.God. in a new tab)
Joe.My.God. — is Joe.My.God. biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
1Right
1Not rated
5- White House Credits Trump for No Hurricanes This Year: "Thank You, President Trump!" (opens 6yka.com in a new tab)
- White House Whips Up A Storm With Bonkers Trump Hurricane Post (opens BizToc in a new tab)
- The White House Just Claimed Trump Stopped Hurricanes — Yes, really (opens follow.it in a new tab)
- White House mocked as it thanks Trump for good weather – yes, really (opens indy100- Independent in a new tab)
indy100- Independent — is indy100- Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- White House sparks confusion by crediting Trump for quiet hurricane season (opens UNILAD in a new tab)
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