{"id":2394851,"date":"2025-01-24T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-teases-fema-overhaul-on-north-carolina-flood-disaster-tour-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:56:04","slug":"trump-teases-fema-overhaul-on-north-carolina-flood-disaster-tour-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-teases-fema-overhaul-on-north-carolina-flood-disaster-tour-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump teases FEMA overhaul on North Carolina flood disaster tour &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-teases-fema-overhaul-on-north-carolina-flood-disaster-tour-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394851&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a tour of North Carolina,\u2064 President Donald\u200c Trump \u2064hinted \u200bat\u2064 a possible overhaul of \u2064the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in \u2063response to the damage\u200d caused by Hurricane Helene. He criticized FEMA&#8217;s effectiveness, stating it has &#8220;really let us down&#8221; and expressed a preference for state-managed \u200cdisaster relief efforts. trump plans \u2062to propose reforms to FEMA and indicated his\u2063 intention to sign an executive order \u2063to potentially abolish \u200dthe agency. Following a \u2063briefing on recovery efforts, he emphasized the urgency of addressing the\u2064 needs of North Carolinians affected by the hurricane, highlighting his governance&#8217;s \u2063commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/argentina-wildfire-started-by-man-making-coffee-spreads-suspect-arrested-and-dozens-evacuated\/\" title=\"Wildfire in Argentina ignited by coffee-making man, spreads rapidly. Suspect apprehended, many evacuated.\">improving response strategies<\/a>. Additionally, Trump \u2063touched on topics related to immigrant deportation and criticized former President \u2062Joe Biden&#8217;s handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-people-have-spoken-voters-strip-away-layers-of-pennsylvania-governors-emergency-powers\/\" title=\"\u2018The People \u2026 Have Spoken\u2019: Voters Strip Away Layers Of Pennsylvania Governor\u2019s Emergency Powers\">disaster response<\/a>\u200c during his visit.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump teases FEMA overhaul on North Carolina flood disaster tour<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1948965\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> teased an overhaul of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency\">Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> as he prepared to survey the damage Hurricane Helene inflicted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;FEMA has really let us down, let the country down,&rdquo; Trump told reporters Friday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-force-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Air Force One<\/a> touched down in Asheville, North Carolina. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>On his first domestic trip as president again, Trump said he would &ldquo;like to see the states take care of disasters,&rdquo; with local personnel handling relief efforts. He previewed a &ldquo;recommendation&rdquo; he would make in the &ldquo;next couple of weeks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Melania Trump<\/a> then received a briefing in Fletcher, North Carolina, on the recovery effort after the hurricane, which made landfall last September, killed 219 people, and caused $78.7 billion in damage. The first couple are also scheduled to travel to Swannanoa to meet with residents.<\/p>\n<p>During his briefing, Trump declined to criticize new Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) but indicated his preference for Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley, the former head of the North Carolina Republican Party, to take the lead on the recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think, frankly, FEMA is not good. I think when you have a problem like this, I think you want to use your state to fix it and not waste time calling FEMA,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re going to recommend that FEMA go away.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2771742&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=0b8e50bdc686e6af8b98b7f330dcb3bc\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump emphasized the same idea earlier this week during the first Oval Office interview of his second term, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3296736\/trump-newsom-bide-pardons-top-takeaways-hannity-oval-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">this one with Fox News<\/a>, telling the network, &ldquo;FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I&rsquo;d rather see the states take care of their own problems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At Asheville Regional Airport, Trump added to reporters that his first <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">military flights deporting illegal immigrants &#038;ldquo<\/a>;are going very well.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting the bad, hard criminals out,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re taking them out first.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president went on to propose that California change its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">voter identification laws<\/a> and release more water in exchange for federal funds as it fights fires near Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump departed the White House earlier Friday, he told reporters on the South Lawn that former President Joe Biden had permitted &ldquo;a horrible thing&rdquo; in North Carolina to &ldquo;fester.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to get it fixed up,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Should have been done months ago from the hurricane that took place almost four months ago. North Carolina has been treated very badly, so we&rsquo;re stopping there, and we&rsquo;re going to then go to Los Angeles and take a look at a fire that could have been put out if they let the water flow, but they didn&rsquo;t let the water flow, and they still haven&rsquo;t, for whatever reason.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During the election, Trump criticized former Vice President Kamala Harris for continuing to campaign and fundraise before and after Hurricane Helene. Harris did update her schedule to return to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington<\/a>&nbsp;from the West Coast early for briefings and to participate in the response.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People in western&nbsp;North&nbsp;Carolina&nbsp;were drowning in their houses this weekend.&nbsp;Others were losing everything. President Biden was at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-whitehouse-disputes-all-white-club-characterization-i-think-they-got-the-facts-wrong\/\" title=\"Sen. Whitehouse Disputes \u2018All-White\u2019 Club Characterization: \u2018I Think They Got The Facts Wrong\u2019\">beach house<\/a>, and Vice President Harris was hosting political fundraisers on the West Coast. Is there a reason that they could not be here,&rdquo; one reporter asked then-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president did exactly what a president in this moment needs to do, which is directing his team to take action,&rdquo; Jean-Pierre replied. &ldquo;I talked about how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> also did her calls. She&rsquo;s going to be going to the FEMA agency center to get her briefing later this afternoon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1948965\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1948965\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump hints at FEMA changes during North Carolina disaster visit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2394852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-helene-north-carolina-1024x592.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18818,49166,32258,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2394851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fema","tag-flood-disaster","tag-north-carolina","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/trump-helene-north-carolina-1024x592.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394855,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394851\/revisions\/2394855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}