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We’ve come to North Carolina with a simple message,
Trump said while in North Carolina We’re going to need your support. We’re going to need your help,
As per AP ... Newsom told Trump You are not forgotten any longer. You were treated very badly by the previous administration.”
I appreciate President Trump's concern about Western NC, but eliminating FEMA would be a disaster for our state,
I went through four years of hell. I spent millions of dollars in legal fees, and I won. But I did it the hard way. It’s really hard to say that they shouldn’t have to go through it all.”
But this week, Trump suggested Biden and those the now-former president pardoned before leaving office should face congressional investigations, telling Fox News I’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 still think you need some sort of FEMA-like agency at the federal level.”
FEMA is been a very big disappointment. And they cost a tremendous amount of money. It’s very bureaucratic. And it’s very slow,
Biden did a bad job. Some residents don’t have hot water, drinking water or anything else. Many of them don’t have quarters. They don’t have anything.”
At another, he lashed out at his Democratic predecessor When there’s a problem with the state, I think that that problem should be taken care of by the state,
Trump said during Friday’s news conference Former President Trump has led this onslaught of lies,
After that, I will be the greatest president that California have ever - has ever seen,
And I don't know if that's Biden's fault or whose fault that is,
Trump told reporters after he touched down in Asheville I’ll be direct. In other words, the aid will go through us. So rather than going through FEMA, it will go through us. And I think maybe this is a good place to start, because, and in all fairness to the governor, in all fairness to everybody else, FEMA was not on the ball, and we’re going to turn it all around.”
He suggested cutting FEMA out of the process entirely for future natural disasters, saying I think we’re going to recommend that FEMA go away and we pay directly, we pay a percentage to the state, but the state should fix this.”
He echoed that notion at the hurricane recovery briefing, saying They stole the FEMA money, just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants,
Trump said during a rally in Michigan I’d like to see the states take care of disasters, let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all of the other things that happen. And I think you’re going to find it a lot less expensive. You’ll do it for less than half and you’re going to get a lot quicker response."
He also voiced support for letting states take charge of disaster response in the aftermath of natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires, telling reporters NO WATER IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS, NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE
he wrote in a TruthSocial post while Biden received an emergency management briefing from officials in Los Angeles So that seems to be the recommendation, but we’ll be making that recommendation over the next couple of weeks,
FEMA has turned out to be a disaster ... I think we recommend that FEMA go away,
he said during a tour of North Carolina to see damage done by Hurricane Helene last year
