{"id":2395402,"date":"2025-01-26T21:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T02:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-aim-at-fema-in-new-executive-order-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T21:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T02:41:11","slug":"trump-takes-aim-at-fema-in-new-executive-order-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-takes-aim-at-fema-in-new-executive-order-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump takes aim at FEMA in new executive order &#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\">24<\/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-takes-aim-at-fema-in-new-executive-order-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=2395402&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>President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to establish a task force aimed at reviewing the operations\u2063 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This follows his critical remarks about the agency during visits \u2063to North Carolina adn California, where he suggested that FEMA may need \u2064notable reforms or even elimination.\u200d The \u200cnew task force, known as the Federal Emergency\u2062 Management Agency Review council, will consist of 20 members, including\u200c Homeland Security Secretary Kristi\u2062 Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, along with various agency heads and \u2062individuals appointed by Trump. The council is tasked with assessing FEMA&#8217;s effectiveness over the\u200c past\u2062 four years and will be required to present a report in one year. \u200cPresident Trump expressed concerns that FEMA has &#8220;lost mission focus&#8221; and has been criticized for overextending its resources and engaging in political\u2063 bias. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-supreme-court-sides-with-abbott-blocks-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"Texas Supreme Court Sides With Abbott, Blocks Mask Mandates\">executive order emphasizes<\/a> the \u200bimportance of evaluating the agency&#8217;s role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-half-of-texas-wind-turbines-frozen-in-winter-storm-limiting-states-power-output\/\" title=\"Nearly Half Of Texas\u2019 Wind Turbines Frozen In Winter Storm Limiting State\u2019s Power Output\">disaster relief efforts<\/a>, especially in comparison to state and local responses.  <\/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 takes aim at FEMA in new executive order<\/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_1942980\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order that establishes a task force to conduct a review of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Federal Emergency Management Agency<\/a> after he trashed the agency in trips to North Carolina and California earlier this weekend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3299714\/trump-teases-fema-overhaul-north-carolina-flood-disaster-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">teased<\/a> an overhaul of FEMA in both stops, saying in North Carolina that he would be signing an executive order to &ldquo;begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA.&rdquo; He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3300656\/trump-lambasts-fema-response-to-la-fires-incompetently-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in California that the state would be better off with a &ldquo;good state government&rdquo; rather than a federal agency where personnel &ldquo;come from all over the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/council-to-assess-the-federal-emergency-management-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"executive order\">executive order<\/a> signed on Sunday evening begins the process of a review of the agency&rsquo;s effectiveness by establishing a 20-member task force called the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, which will be co-chaired by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Other members will include other heads of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmentalists-are-blocking-the-us-from-controlling-its-renewable-energy-future\/\" title=\"Environmentalists Are Blocking The US From Controlling Its Renewable Energy Future\">relevant government agencies<\/a> and people outside of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">federal government appointed<\/a> by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The council&rsquo;s goal will be to produce a report after one year that includes an assessment of FEMA&rsquo;s responses to disasters in the last four years, including whether it is sufficiently staffed; a comparison of FEMA&rsquo;s responses to disasters with local and state responses; a historical background of FEMA&rsquo;s founding and how the country responded to disasters before its existence; an evaluation of whether FEMA can exist in support of states&rsquo; disaster relief responses, rather than superseding them; and an analysis of the arguments for and against any reforms to FEMA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The order said the council will hold its first public meeting in 90 days, and the report will be due 180 days after that date.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s order follows intense criticism of the agency this weekend, saying it has &ldquo;let the country down&rdquo; and is &ldquo;incompetently run.&rdquo; The executive order reiterates those sentiments, saying the agency has &ldquo;lost mission focus&rdquo; by &ldquo;diverting limited staff and resources to support missions beyond its scope and authority, spending well over a billion dollars to welcome illegal aliens.&rdquo; It also says there are &ldquo;serious concerns of political bias&rdquo; at FEMA, referencing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3225155\/fema-supervisor-who-told-team-to-avoid-homes-with-trump-signs-speaks-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"incident \">incident<\/a> where a supervisor advised her team to &ldquo;avoid&rdquo; Florida homes &ldquo;advertising&nbsp;Trump.&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_1942980\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1942980\"}});<\/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 targets FEMA with new executive order and task force<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2395403,"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\/donald-trump-fema-executive-order.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32911,18818,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2395402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-executive-order","tag-fema","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/donald-trump-fema-executive-order.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395402","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395406,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395402\/revisions\/2395406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}