During visits to disaster-affected areas in North Carolina and California, President Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s performance and suggested dismantling the agency. “FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,” Trump said while touring a North Carolina neighborhood destroyed by September’s Hurricane Helene. “I think we recommend that FEMA go away.”
Trump’s proposal fits his America First agenda of fiscal responsibility and efficiency. He’s correct that FEMA has been a failure and that states can manage disaster relief funding more effectively.
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