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I appreciate President Trump's concern about Western NC, but eliminating FEMA would be a disaster for our state,
she said
After that, I will be the greatest president that California have ever - has ever seen,
he boasted
And I don't know if that's Biden's fault or whose fault that is,
Trump told reporters after he touched down in AshevilleI’ll be direct. In other words, the aid will go through us. So rather than going through FEMA, it will go through us. And I think maybe this is a good place to start, because, and in all fairness to the governor, in all fairness to everybody else, FEMA was not on the ball, and we’re going to turn it all around.”
He suggested cutting FEMA out of the process entirely for future natural disasters, saying
I think we’re going to recommend that FEMA go away and we pay directly, we pay a percentage to the state, but the state should fix this.”
He echoed that notion at the hurricane recovery briefing, sayingThey stole the FEMA money, just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants,
Trump said during a rally in Michigan
NO WATER IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS, NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE
he wrote in a TruthSocial post while Biden received an emergency management briefing from officials in Los AngelesSo that seems to be the recommendation, but we’ll be making that recommendation over the next couple of weeks,
Trump addedI’d like to see the states take care of disasters, let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all of the other things that happen. And I think you’re going to find it a lot less expensive. You’ll do it for less than half and you’re going to get a lot quicker response."
He also voiced support for letting states take charge of disaster response in the aftermath of natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires, telling reportersFEMA has turned out to be a disaster ... I think we recommend that FEMA go away,
he said during a tour of North Carolina to see damage done by Hurricane Helene last year
I don’t think we should give California anything until they let the water run down,
Trump said Wednesday in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity
If anybody’s going to do something about it, I think he will,
Carpenter saidThis is just breaking our comfort zone of what is supposed to be normal,
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If you’re a disaster survivor, no matter who you voted for, it’s always good when the president comes to town,
said Pete Gaynor, who headed FEMA during the first Trump administration between 2019 and 2021FEMA has been a very big disappointment,
the Republican president saidFEMA just hasn’t done the job,
the president saidI’m going to go to Nevada to thank them,
Trump saidYou’re going to pick winners and losers on which communities are going to be supported by the federal government,
he saidI'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA,
Trump told reporters in North Carolina Friday morning
We're looking at the whole concept of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). I like, frankly, the concept when North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. When Florida gets hit, the governor takes care of it. Meaning the state takes care of it ... I'd like to see the states take care of disasters,
Trump told reporters in Asheville, one of the hardest-hit areas during Hurricane Helene last September