Summary
Trump signed an executive order shifting disaster preparedness responsibility from FEMA to state and local governments.
The order calls for reviewing infrastructure policies, creating a National Risk Register, and prioritizing state-led risk reduction.
Critics warn this weakens U.S. disaster readiness, noting Trump’s administration has cut 1,000 FEMA staff and withheld funds from state projects.
Experts fear the order forces states to make costly infrastructure investments without clear federal support, leaving communities more vulnerable to disasters like wildfires and hurricanes.
I know this goes without saying, and applies to many Trump actions, but people will die because of this.
People will die.
Also, the most people will die in red states.
Take of that knowledge what you will.
Ok
4 states haven’t needed any FEMA money since 2015? Wow.
Edit: Oh wait more in the tiny ones on the east coast as well.
As someone who lives in one of those tiny states, I believe it. We don’t have many natural disasters here; the last one was the ice storm of '08.
Okay, then can we stop paying taxes in California? We send far, far, FAR more money to the Feds than we receive. We’re paying for all kinds of other states. So if we’re footing the bill for things like disasters, why the fuck are we still paying the Feds?
Bingo.
The dipshit can send troops to attack California if we stop. See how Americans like a president who wages war on our own country. Especially since 1 in 8 Americans IS Californian.
We’ve got plenty of our own money. We don’t need the feds. Especially if we stop giving so much to red welfare states.
This traitor is doing more damage to America than any of our enemies ever could.
Wow this is brain damage… So he is going to ruin already strained state and local government budgets. i guess residents can look forward to higher property taxes while corporate interests are allowed to pollute the air without abandon.
Y’all get what you voted for. Trump is really lowering prices for average Americans 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So, when do states stop sending federal taxes to the federal government then?
So what happens when FL goes through its chunk of the FEMA budget?
Ah, unfunded mandates. Republican states used to call the government overreach. Wonder how they work now?
