WASHINGTON – President Trump signaled on Tuesday that he’ll be asking Congress for a massive amount of money to aid the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

During his visit to Texas, Trump framed the storm in monumental terms and said he’ll be working with Congress on getting the necessary amount of aid.

“It’s going to be a costly proposition,” Trump said in Austin.

He was accompanied by GOP Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, who have opposed disaster funding in the past for Hurricane Sandy over cost concerns.

Trump suggested the Harvey effort would surpass anything in history.

“Probably there has never been anything so expensive in our country’s history, we’ve never done anything so historic in terms of damage and in terms of ferocity as what we’ve witnessed with Harvey,” Trump said.

“It sounds like such an innocent name … but it’s not innocent.”

As the rescue and recovery efforts continue, it’s too early to say how much damage has been done, but estimates are in the tens of billions of dollars, with the final tally perhaps as high $100 billion, David Havens, an insurance analyst at Imperial Capital in New York, told Bloomberg News.

Hurricane Katrina cost $160 billion in damage, Hurricane Sandy $70 billion and Hurricane Andrew about $50 billion, according to studies by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“The sad thing is that this is long term, nobody has ever seen anything this long and nobody has ever seen this much water,” Trump said.

Congressional leaders are waiting on the White House to come up with an actual proposal and dollar amount. They return to work next week and must pass an overall spending bill to keep the government open beyond Sept. 30 and raise the debt ceiling.

The head of the House Appropriations Committee said they are willing to include disaster funding but need to see figures from the White House.

“My committee stands at the ready to provide any necessary additional funding for relief and recovery,” said Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ).

“We are awaiting requests from federal agencies who are on the ground, and will not hesitate to take quick action once an official request is sent.”

A spokeswoman for Speaker Paul Ryan added: “We will help those affected by this terrible disaster. The first step in that process is a formal request for resources from the administration.”

FEMA is currently working with the White House on devising the request that will likely include reauthorization of the national flood insurance program, which expires Sept. 30, and a separate supplemental multi-agency relief package.

The Hurricane Sandy relief hit many political hurdles before a package worth more than $50 billion was approved by the Senate in January 2013 — with 36 Republicans opposing the bill including Cruz and Cornyn.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie mocked the hypocrisy of Sandy opponents now wanting Harvey help.

“A lot of that is disingenuous and political rewriting,” Christie told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto Tuesday.

“These things are getting more politicized. Disasters shouldn’t be politicized. It’s about people’s lives and getting their lives rebuilt.”