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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trump: If a certain state, as an example, gets hit by a hurricane or tornado … the governor should be able to handle it. And frankly, if they can’t handle the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor,” Trump said Tuesday.

So, Abbott shouldn’t be governor of Texas since he had FEMA step in - according to Trump.[/quote]

Good grief, OP.  You have a very immature understanding of news as it relates to politics.

The statement Trump made was in regard to having governors, like Abbott, lead disaster response and having the federal government send the funds that have been used by FEMA directly to the states.  Since FEMA is still in place (totally revamping the way funding will happen WRT FEMA will take time), FEMA is currently the responding agency.

If you didn't know all this, you are seriously uninformed.  If you DID know this, and yet still created this dumb thread, you are pretty much a troll.  [/quote]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/politics/fema-critical-funding-disaster-response

“We’ve been ghosted by FEMA,” Robert Wike Graham, deputy director of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management, told CNN, describing repeated, unanswered requests for information on vital emergency preparedness funding for his North Carolina community.

In Wyoming, where more than 90 percent of the state’s emergency management budget comes from the federal government, officials say their requests for clarity on emergency management funds also have gone unanswered.

“It’s very frustrating not to have good, official information, with lots and lots of rumors flying around, which creates anxiety for folks,” said Wyoming’s Homeland Security Director Lynn Budd. “I believe the regional level (of FEMA) is doing their very best to support us, but they are also being asked not to share too much information with us. So, it’s very unfortunate.”

From regional offices to the national headquarters, more than a half-dozen FEMA insiders as well as state and local emergency personnel who work with the federal agency told CNN they are frustrated by a clampdown on information sharing that they say will hamper disaster response.

Internal memos seen by CNN show top FEMA officials have ordered disaster relief personnel to stop most communication with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget and National Security Council as well as members of Congress — and direct those inquiries through FEMA’s acting administrator instead.

“Effective immediately ALL engagement with OMB, NSC, and the Hill needs to be routed through the Office of the Administrator,” one memo reads. “This includes answering questions if staff call you directly.”

Meanwhile, regional teams across the country have been instructed, at times, to limit sharing information with their state and local partners until granted approval from supervisors, multiple FEMA officials confirmed. They spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

If you read the article, it gets worse.

Besides, the whole idea of FEMA is not just the money, it is to help provide expertise and coordination by people who deal with disasters on a regular basis WITH state and local officials who can provide their information as well. [/quote]

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