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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will start phasing out the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the end of this hurricane season and reduce the amount of federal money thats given towards disaster relief in the future.
The FEMA thing has not been a very successful experiment. Very, very expensive and it doesnt get the job done, he told reporters from the White House while criticizing the agencys recent handling of Hurricane Helene, which caused $78.7 billion worth of damage in six states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Any federal disaster aid will instead come directly from the White House. Exactly who will handle this is not yet certain, he said.
Trump has repeatedly said that states should bear their own recovery costs, and in March, he signed an executive order that directs state and local governments to play a more active and significant role in preparing for disasters.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-just-announced-plan-phase-162924116.html
Maybe these states should keep more of their own money then.

Irish_Dem
(72,738 posts)Rebl2
(16,739 posts)my state did because Trump gave money to help clean up tornado damage in the state of MO.
Irish_Dem
(72,738 posts)Hawley whispered sweet nothings in his ear?
bucolic_frolic
(51,623 posts)Clear as day.
Rebl2
(16,739 posts)ever give money to the state of Arkansas? I never heard that he did. They certainly had a lot of tornado and flood damage.
Walleye
(41,549 posts)kimbutgar
(25,662 posts)It seems like on the evening news the red areas are more affected than blue ones.
Well magaloons you voted for this monster cretins now youre going to suffer more. And dont get me started on those xtians in those states that voted for him ! Hows your orange Jesus working out for you?
tanyev
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