Trump complained that long permitting processes and late arrival from FEMA agents have delayed homeowners from being able to start rebuilding.
Trump says "FEMA is not good" and he plans to overhaul or eliminate the agency as he tours disaster ravaged zones in North Carolina and California
In North Carolina Friday, President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order aimed at what he said would address problems inherent to FEMA.
Trump said the agency, which employs more than 20,000 people across the US, was "very bureaucratic" and "very slow."
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.
President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledged government support and sparred with Democratic officials.
President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to get rid of the main federal agency that responds to natural disasters.
It’s his first visit to North Carolina since taking office and second visit to the Asheville area since Helene hit.