President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday and floated the idea of eliminating the agency.
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President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited western North Carolina to survey the damage and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.
A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.
Although President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA with an executive order, he does not have unilateral authority, according to federal law.
The president has said he think states would be better at handling disasters including hurricanes and wildfires.
Trump wants to overhaul, and maybe disband, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Maybe we should focus on the root cause: Climate change.
Cameron Hamilton does not appear to have experience coordinating responses to large-scale disasters, like the wildfires in California.
President Trump on Wednesday was sharply critical of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), suggesting at one point states should handle their own response to natural disasters but still