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Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season

Oh he's planning a loophole to help the red states and his subjects...the money from the feds is to go thru him and be paid out at his discretion. I highlighted that in red in my post.

But surely we'll be paying a hell of a lot less with the approximate FEMA needs taken out? Since there will be no more FEMA?

For instance, California pays approximately $640 billion annually toward FEMA and HUD (that's how it works out, I mean). That's about an $83 billion difference in what we give v. what we get. I'll bet we can do a lot with that $83 billion we're no longer required to give. We can put out our own fires that way, for instance.

This is honestly looking better and better. Well, for blue states.
 
States Rights are important


Its funny how liberals want the Fed Govt to be involved (a hurricane) and then NOT want them to be involved (riots/looting in LA)

Which is it ?

I imagine FEMA will not go away, I don't think Trump can disassemble that
Really? That’s your argument? FEMA gets involved when local officials can’t handle catastrophic events. California’s officials could.
 
Sad face.

I don't feel like subsidizing Florida's piss-poor planning anymore. I don't care if the Carolinas wash out into the ocean. Texas and Louisiana mean less than nothing to me. I don't want my tax dollars reinforcing their failure.

you know other states get hit with natural disasters and use FEMA right ?

In 2024, California had the most FEMA disaster declarations, with 39 declarations. Oklahoma came in second with 30 declarations, followed by Tennessee with 26 declarations
 
Really? That’s your argument? FEMA gets involved when local officials can’t handle catastrophic events. California’s officials could.

CA sit by and watched - Newsom was going to let LA burn to make a political point
 
Come on, it can't get any more funny that the southern states support Trump the most and those are the states that get hammered by hurricanes routinely.
 
you know other states get hit with natural disasters and use FEMA right ?

In 2024, California had the most FEMA disaster declarations, with 39 declarations. Oklahoma came in second with 30 declarations, followed by Tennessee with 26 declarations
And in 2025, California was told they could maybe get assistance if they asked nicely and fell in line with a laundry list of political concessions.

That was the moment I stopped caring what happens to people outside of my region. If you are not in the Southwest (note: this does NOT include Texas), I don't give a shit what happens.
 
So why is he waiting until the end of hurricane season? Why doesn't he want those victims to benefit from the much better system he has in store?
 
And in 2025, California was told they could maybe get assistance if they asked nicely and fell in line with a laundry list of political concessions.
that's how Govt works

That was the moment I stopped caring what happens to people outside of my region. If you are not in the Southwest (note: this does NOT include Texas), I don't give a shit what happens.

its ok to love your region
 
I tell ya the class war is actually here. Billionaires will actually destroy the world.

It's been here, now it just seems like they're speedrunning the French Revolution arc and being so blatant about it and somehow think they can avoid the consequences.
 
Under this type of plan who in the federal govt. will ensure the States are distributing and using the funds as intended?
You must have missed the part about state and local governments making the decisions on where and how the aid is distributed.
This reminds me of the same approach the first Trump administration took when covid began to expand. At first the States had to find for themselves to find additional PPE and other needed medical supplies. Rich states could out bid poorer States. Eventually the feds had to take over and make the distribution more logical and fairer.
Trump took no such approach. At first there relatively little PPE available anywhere and the states sought to obtain it wherever they could. There was no law stating that the states were on their own in regard to PPE and Covid aid. Trump used the powers of the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of PPE. He then made sure it was provided to any state that needed it. And he kept in close contact with the state governors and on every call asked what they needed.
 
I’m looking forward to the political blowback. Or are MAGA voters so dumb they’ll let him take their Medicaid and their disaster response?
Yes, they prove that they are that dumb daily here.
 
1. So you've seen the Trump plan? Please send us a link. I have not seen it.
Trump has stated many times that he intends to phase out FEMA and just send the aid to the states where the state and local governments can distribute it
2. I'm very interested in understanding how Trump will phase out FEMA but not phase out aid.
Who the hell cares what you are interested in? He does not ow you a detailed plan before it's implemented. All the details will be worked out.
 
Trump has stated many times that he intends to phase out FEMA and just send the aid to the states where the state and local governments can distribute it

Who the hell cares what you are interested in? He does not ow you a detailed plan before it's implemented. All the details will be worked out.
Your confidence in Trump knowing what he is doing — aside from his tendency to be cruel towards those in need — is impressive.
 

Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season


CNN —
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s long-term plans to dismantle the disaster relief agencyand shift responsibility for response and recovery onto states.

“We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level,” Trump told reporters during a briefing in the Oval Office, later saying, “A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can’t handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor.”


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Hear that all you Southern states that are prone to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, etc.? You’re on your own.

Needless to say this is absurd. We have a Federal Emergency Management Agency because many natural disasters are too big for any state to handle, so we move federal resources around to mitigate harm of those affected.

Can anyone imagine a poor state like Mississippi trying to deal with a hurricane on their own?
Yet another gobsmackingly stupid move by Traitor Trump.
 
You must have missed the part about state and local governments making the decisions on where and how the aid is distributed.
nope.
are you saying in the past that States spent FEMA money exactly as it asked for in the grants and emergency request?


Trump took no such approach. At first there relatively little PPE available anywhere and the states sought to obtain it wherever they could. There was no law stating that the states were on their own in regard to PPE and Covid aid. Trump used the powers of the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of PPE. He then made sure it was provided to any state that needed it. And he kept in close contact with the state governors and on every call asked what they needed.
bs.
seems you are remembering "alternative" history of the event.

Trump kicked in the DPA when it became clear the US was way behind in ventilators, PPE,
I will give you this that is was more Kushner's mess up. But Trump appointed him to the job of handling distribution.
 
It's been here, now it just seems like they're speedrunning the French Revolution arc and being so blatant about it and somehow think they can avoid the consequences.
Well im hoping an internationale can be created.
 
He's not doing it this upcoming hurricane season because FEMA will be needed.

Next season the states are on their own.
I'm guessing he will eventually pick and choose what states he wants to help.
 
nope.
are you saying in the past that States spent FEMA money exactly as it asked for in the grants and emergency request?
The problem was that much of the FEMA aid for the most recent devastating hurricanes simply did not get to many of the victims in many areas during the Biden administration. FEMA performed poorly. That aid was finally facilitated when Trump took office. This is not all about Biden. When the Department of Homeland Security was established, one mistake was that many agencies that were previously set up in the White House with quick access to the President, were lumped into the Homeland Security fold. FEMA was one of them
Trump kicked in the DPA when it became clear the US was way behind in ventilators, PPE,
Give me a break. The government and the states have been behind in ventilators and PPE for decades. They always talked the talk in regard to preparing for pandemics; however, they never walked the walk, as the similar pandemic was the Spanish Flu in 1918.
 
The problem was that much of the FEMA aid for the most recent devastating hurricanes simply did not get to many of the victims in many areas during the Biden administration. FEMA performed poorly. That aid was finally facilitated when Trump took office. This is not all about Biden. When the Department of Homeland Security was established, one mistake was that many agencies that were previously set up in the White House with quick access to the President, were lumped into the Homeland Security fold. FEMA was one of them

Give me a break. The government and the states have been behind in ventilators and PPE for decades. They always talked the talk in regard to preparing for pandemics; however, they never walked the walk, as the similar pandemic was the Spanish Flu in 1918.

We will agree to disagree.
After spending 30 years in wildfire management I do not share your opinion.
 
We will agree to disagree.
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After spending 30 years in wildfire management I do not share your opinion.
Not sure why you brought up wildfire management. It has been poor at both the state and federal level. In regard to the wildfires last year, it was especially bad at the state level (California).
 
Trump has stated many times that he intends to phase out FEMA and just send the aid to the states where the state and local governments can distribute it

Who the hell cares what you are interested in? He does not ow you a detailed plan before it's implemented. All the details will be worked out.

Thank you for your non-answers. I suspected you didn't know what you were talking about. Your dumb luck, I am very familiar with the subject. I imagine most people who read DP now have more confirmation that you are uninformed and you don't do your homework.

No soup for you.
 
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