Speaking to reporters, the president predicted future disasters would need “probably less FEMA, because FEMA just hasn’t done the job. And we’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

Newly appointed President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Western North Carolina on Jan. 24.

President Trump’s plan to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency could save the federal government billions but will hit stiff resistance from governors who don’t want to shoulder more of the cost of natural disasters.

The Biden-era programs were a self-service scheduling app that Trump shut down on Monday, and an initiative that let in some migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti. They had allowed more than a million people to enter the country temporarily.

Notably, Trump’s executive order on FEMA does not seek to eliminate the agency; Congress would need to act to do that. The order instead underscores Trump’s interest in turning to outside advisers and private-sector companies to fill some typically governmental functions as he seeks to quickly accomplish his second-term goals.

President Trump on Friday teased signing an upcoming executive order targeting the Federal Emergency Management Agency that could overhaul or eliminate the entire agency. Trump, during a visit to survey damage caused by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina,

Bloomberg Senior Editor Wendy Benjaminson as President Donald Trump heads to North Carolina and California. Former White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy about the impact of climate change on severe weather events.

In the first official trip of his second term, Trump also threatened to withhold disaster aid to California unless the state enacts a voter ID law.

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President Donald Trump warned FEMA is set to face reckoning for not doing its job for four years under the Biden administration, he said in an exclusive interview with Sean Hannity.