The government they hated isn't coming [View all]
As a presidential candidate in October 2024, Donald Trump attacked the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina—by lying about it.
“They’re offering them $750, to people whose homes have been washed away,” he falsely claimed at a campaign rally. “And yet we send tens of billions of dollars to foreign countries that most people have never heard of. … Think of it: We give foreign countries hundreds of billions of dollars, and we’re handing North Carolina $750.”
He also took to Truth Social, writing, “ don’t like the reports that I’m getting about the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of the State, going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas.”
Then Trump got elected—and slashed the aid. Days ago, Trump’s FEMA denied the state’s request for the agency to equally match the state funds for hurricane cleanup, according to ABC News.
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