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Trump, North Carolina and FEMA

Trump suggests eliminating FEMA during North Carolina visit as he attacks disaster response

President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.

Politifact · 7h

Fact-check: Trump misleads about North Carolina storm victims and FEMA housing

President Donald Trump told North Carolina hurricane victims that under former President Joe Biden, the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed them in a time of crisis. Trump visited North Carolina on Jan. 24, four months after Hurricane Helene made landfall and damaged more than 73,000 homes.

NBC News · 5d

Trump floats overhauling or eliminating FEMA while touring hurricane damage in North Carolina

Speaking to reporters, the president predicted future disasters would need “probably less FEMA, because FEMA just hasn’t done the job. And we’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

1don MSN

Trump names GOP’s Whatley, 3 more from NC to help review FEMA after saying he may end it

President Donald Trump named RNC Chairman Michael Whatley and three GOP members of Congress to review FEMA’s work in Helene.

Media Matters for America11h

Trump is signaling he wants to shutter or radically reform FEMA — another Project 2025 scheme

On January 24, while visiting hurricane disaster areas in North Carolina, President Donald Trump told reporters that his administration would likely “recommend that FEMA go away” while letting “the ...

5don MSN

Trump criticizes FEMA during tour of North Carolina storm damage. Next to LA: Live updates

Donald Trump will stop in North Carolina, California and Nevada during the first trip of his second term. Follow along for ...

Head of disaster relief agency FEMA reassures staff after Trump criticism

The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency's continued ...

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