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President Donald Trump He warned Wednesday night that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will face a reckoning after four years under the Biden administration, arguing that the emergency agency “has not done its job.”
“FEMA hasn’t done its job for the last four years. You know, FEMA worked very well. We had hurricanes in Florida. We had tornadoes in Alabama. But unless you have certain types of leadership, it really gets in the way. “And “FEMA is going to be a big discussion very soon, because I prefer the states to deal with their own problems,” Trump said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, his first White House. interview since his inauguration.
Trump then turned his attention to the state of Oklahoma, touting that he won all 77 of the state’s counties in the 2024 election and arguing that if the Sooner State is hit by a tornado, state leaders should take the lead in responding. emergency before the storm hits. The federal government steps in for additional assistance.
“I love Oklahoma, but you know what? If they get hit by a tornado or something, let Oklahoma fix it… And then the federal government can help them with the money. FEMA gets in the way of everything, and the “Democrats are using FEMA not to help North Carolina,” Trump continued.
President Donald Trump poses for an interview with Fox News. (Fox News/Hannity)
FEMA came under the nation’s microscope last year when Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina, devastating residents, destroying homes and businesses and killing more than 100 people. FEMA and the Biden administration faced fierce backlash over their handling of the emergency, while Trump accused the agency of obstructing relief efforts in Republican areas.
“The Democrats I don’t care about North Carolina. What they have done with FEMA is so bad. “FEMA is a completely different discussion, because all it does is complicate everything,” he said.
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“So I’m stopping on Friday. I’m stopping in North Carolina, the first stop, because the Democrats treated those people very badly. And I’m stopping there. We’re going to fix that issue because they’re still suffering from a hurricane from ago.” months,” Trump said.
Flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
Trump will visit North Carolina on Friday, his first trip as president, where he is expected to tour and meet with residents who were devastated by the hurricane in September. He will also visit California that same day, where wildfires have ravaged the Los Angeles area this month.
The trip will highlight what Trump has described as failures in the emergency response at the hands of Democratic leaders.
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A house burns as the Palisades Fire continues in Mandeville Canyon in Los Angeles, California, United States, on January 11, 2025. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)
“And then I’ll then I’ll I’m going to California” he said, before criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s handling of wildfire prevention and response. Trump has long criticized the Democratic governor for prioritizing environmental policies, such as protecting dwindling Chinook salmon and smelt populations. , and not taking advantage of water sources in the northern part of the state that, according to him, would allow a better response to the fire.
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“There are massive amounts of water, rainwater and mountain water, that comes with the snow, falls, melts, there is so much water that they are releasing it into the Pacific Ocean,” he said.
