President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that states should “take care of their own problems” rather than rely on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help them recover after natural disasters.
Trump attacked FEMA, saying the agency has not done its “job for the last four years,” and suggested without evidence that Democrats did not care about disasters in states like North Carolina—which has a Democratic governor—but are eager to get federal support to deal with the Los Angeles fires.
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.
After his 2025 inauguration, a rumor spread about Trump redirecting funds meant for undocumented migrants to North Carolina hurricane relief.
It will be hard for the president to revoke FEMA funding. But a GOP-led Congress could slow down the region’s recovery.
States may end up bearing the brunt of natural disaster management instead of benefitting from the resources of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday.
President Donald Trump, who made baseless attacks against FEMA during his 2024 campaign, suggested on Wednesday night that he wants to defund the Homeland Security emergency management agency and shift the burden for disaster relief to individual states.
Trump's suggestion that states should "take care of their own problems" could have major implications for GOP states in the South.
President Donald Trump warned FEMA is set to face reckoning for not doing its job for four years under the Biden administration, he said in an exclusive interview with Sean Hannity.
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President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last year’s hurricane in North Carolina.