President Donald Trump The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) took a closer look after the signing of an implementing decision aimed at “drastically” improving the effectiveness, priorities and competence of the agency.
With the executive command of Trump, the FEMA Review Council is established, which will consist of no more than twenty members and will also be chaired by the secretaries of domestic security and defense.
The Council is formed after Fema’s response to Hurricane Helene and other recent disasters has shown the need to improve “the effectiveness, priorities and competence, including evaluating whether Fema’s bureaucracy in disaster relief” hinders its ability to respond successfully.
“Despite the mandatory making of nearly $ 30 billion in disasters in the past three years, FEMA has succeeded in leaving vulnerable Americans without the means or support they need when they need it most,” is the implementation decision . ‘There are serious worries about it Political prejudices at FEMA. At least one former FEMA responder stated that FEMA managers gave her commissioned to avoid houses of people who supported the Donald J. Trump campaign for the presidency.
‘Fema is not good:’ Trump announces the agency’s overhaul during visit to North Carolina
A drone uptake shows a disgust in Asheville, North Carolina, damaged by Hurricane Helene on September 29, 2024. (Reuters/Marco Bello)
Trump also said that the FEMA has lost the mission focus, using limited resources and staff to support missions that fall outside its scope and authority. The president emphasized that FEMA has spent more than a billion dollars on the welcome of illegal immigrants.
“Americans earn an immediate, effective and impartial response and recovery after disasters,” the command continued. “FEMA therefore requires a complete evaluation, by persons with a lot of experience in effective disaster relief and recovery, which the president will recommend improvements or structural changes to promote national interests and make national resilience possible.”
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President Donald Trump has shared plans to revise FEMA after he had stated that the agency is “not good”. (AP photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump announced on Friday that he is planning to revise FEMA, since North Carolina is still recovering more than 120 days after the hurricane Helene. Storm destroyed the state.
“I will also sign an executive order to start the process of fundamental reform and revision of FEMA, or perhaps to get rid of FEMA,” Trump told reporters in North Carolina on Friday morning. “I honestly think that Fema is not good.”
A van floats in the water near Biltmore Village in the aftermath of the hurricane Helene on 28 September 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Trump promised that his government would intervene Help North Carolina To quickly restore the damage and to promise to “do a good job” for the state.
The president also said that he would like to see the states take more responsibility when a disaster occurs, with the argument that those who are familiar with the state are better equipped to offer disaster response and help.
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Until now, the US Army Corps of Engineers claims that only half of the debris of the hurricane Helene is completed. In addition, thousands of families are staying in North Carolina in hotels for which FEMA pays the bill through her Temporary housing assistance program.
Diana Stancy from Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
