US President Trump threatened to end FEMA during a visit to North Carolina Donald Trump News
The United States President Donald Trump has attacked the federal emergency management agency, known as FEMA, which threatens to completely destroy the organization.
On Friday, in a storm-service North Carolina visit, Trump announced that he would sign an executive order “Fundarily improve and start the process of overhalling FEMA-or maybe get rid of FEMA”.
In place of the agency, Republican suggested to change the burden of disaster management in the states.
“When there is a problem with the state, I think that problem should be taken care of by the state,” Trump said during the Friday news conference.
“This is the states for us. They take care of problems. And a governor can handle something quickly, you know? ,
Despite repeated questions from Trump reporters, the timelines for their proposed changes in FEMA were blurred.
But Friday’s remarks continued a track record of attacks on the agency in view of Hurricane Helen, as well as his predecessor, former Democratic President Joe Biden.
On 26 September, the powerful category -4 storm hit the large twist area of Florida. But even after the landfall, it continued to north, erasing destruction on Georgia, Northern Carolina and parts of Tennessi.
A total of 200 people were killed, as the storm brought record rains, floods and tornadoes, causing places like Ashville, North Carolina.
Northern Carolina was one of the seven major swing states in the 2024 election that Trump eventually won.
As he campaigned in the days and weeks after the disaster, Trump spread misinformation about the Biden-led disaster response, in which federal relief workers refused to serve the Republican residents-a wrong claim.
FEMA later reported that its employees were threatened, obstructing the door-to-door wellness check operation in western northern Carolina. And the then President Biden condemned misinformation as “un-American”.
“Former President Trump has led the attack of lies,” he said in October.
But Trump continued to give home to his claim that the disaster response in Northern Carolina was the best, including a reference in his inaugural speech on Monday.
On Friday, he once again launched the criticism of both FEMA and Biden, convicting both of them for the slow recovery.
“FEMA has been a huge disappointment. And they spend a tremendous amount. This is very bureaucracy. And it’s very slow, “Trump said at one point.
In the second, he turned his hand over his democratic predecessor: “Biden did a bad thing. Some residents have hot water, drinking water or nothing else. Many of them do not have quarters. They have nothing. ,
He also teased his journey to Southern California during the day, where Wildfire continues to destroy the areas in and its surroundings, which are amid dry conditions.
He emphasized that he would put conditions on disaster aid to a Democrat-led state, in which California implements a voter-identity law.
While Trump has said that such measures are required to prevent voter fraud – a favorite Talking Point – Critics argue that they can increase obstacles for American citizens who may be eligible to vote, but ID cards cannot cost or access.
The roadside, as soon as Trump’s motorcycle passed through the western northern Carolina, a small group of protesters had gathered to oppose the display of the President’s climate-change policies. He said that the climate crisis is credited with increasing the incidence of extreme weather like storms and fire.
