Know what’s not funny? A monster storm named Harvey that dumped more than 50 inches of rain over the Houston region, killed 103 people, and ravaged the homes and lives of thousands of Texans.

Know what’s even less funny? That, two years later, many families are still struggling to recover, federal relief funds have been slow to arrive, many Houstonians shudder at the hint of rainfall, and children still have flashbacks about frantic boat rescues from flooded homes.

Know what’s really not funny? A president who dismisses the impact of Harvey with punchlines — just so he can get a laugh from a jeering, cheering Dallas crowd that seemed oblivious to the suffering of their fellow Texans.

The comments tossed out by Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Thursday night were a slap in the face to everyone who lost so much when Harvey hit Texas — and for whom the pain is still raw.

What’s worse, the leaders elected to look out for the residents of this state, sat in the audience listening as Trump belittled the scope of our suffering. On Twitter, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz praised the “amazing energy” of the rally.

“They still keep calling me for money,” Trump said, pointing to Cruz, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. “It wasn’t even fair.”

Trump claimed that Texas “made a fortune on the hurricane.” Tell that to the roughly 200,000 people whose homes were destroyed by Harvey. The second costliest storm in U.S. history did more than $125 billion in damage.

Trump boasted that he paid out “billions and billions” to the state. Tell that to state officials who had to push for two years to get the administration to release $4.3 billion in flood mitigation funds.That money had been approved by Congress just after Harvey.

The president denigrated the proposed “Ike Dike,” a 70-mile storm-surge barrier in Galveston Bay that would protect Houston’s shipping channel from hurricanes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has estimated it could cost up to $31 billion to build.

“Sir, we want one more small request,” said Trump, recounting what he says Cruz, Cornyn and other state leaders begged of him. ‘It’s not much and we appreciate you listening to us. We want to build a dam in the ocean.”

Trump said he asked how much it would cost.

“They say it’s only $10 billion, I’m supposed to be happy,” Trump said, mugging for comic effect. “Oh, let’s see, can we give Texas an extra $10 billion for some crazy thing that may work or it may not?

It’s not the first time Trump has made light of the pain caused by Harvey. Remember when he asserted — without any basis in fact — that the U.S. Coast had to rescue Houstonians who went out in boats just to watch the hurricane.

I thought then, as I am doing now, of the scenes I witnessed while covering Harvey: streets and cars swallowed by roiling flood water; a succession of people led from rescue boats to makeshift shelters; frail elderly, leaning on walkers and clutching plastic bags filled with medication; terrified parents grasping tight to frightened, drenched toddlers; traumatized pet owners carrying soaked and shivering dogs; sodden piles of cherished photos, family keepsakes, and storm-warped furniture heaped on street after street like so much jetsam.

And the faces — the stricken, shocked, stunned faces of people who had lost everything and had no idea how to begin again.

Trump’s defenders will say that he was just joking; that his comments were all in jest. Perhaps.

But the president should not be trolling for applause at the expense of people whose lives were derailed by Harvey. We are not laughing. No one should be.

Monica Rhor (@monicarhor) is an editorial writer and columnist.