'We're not preparing': As Trump officials vow to eliminate FEMA, the agency is already in turmoil

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

‘We’re not preparing’: As Trump officials vow to eliminate FEMA, the agency is already in turmoil

By Gabe Cohen, CNN
5 minute read
Published 11:04 AM EDT, Wed March 26, 2025

(CNN) — As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vows to “eliminate FEMA,” the agency is in turmoil, with disaster assistance, grant money, and hiring largely stalled, threatening its ability to respond to major disasters, multiple FEMA officials tell CNN.

Top officials from FEMA and Department of Homeland Security met Tuesday, CNN has learned, to discuss the future of the disaster relief agency and their options for shutting it down.

The group, which included Noem, FEMA Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton, and long-time Trump ally Corey Lewandowski, debated the possibility of rescinding President Donald Trump’s recent executive order establishing a FEMA Review Council and instead moving more quickly to dismantle the agency, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting.

It’s the latest in a series of actions and attacks on FEMA that have stalled the agency’s work and raised concerns about its ability to respond to hurricane season, which is just weeks away.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/fema-payments-staffing-stalled-turmoil/index.html

[Diraven]

1. This is so dumb

The only reasons they want to get rid of FEMA are the conspiracy theories that FEMA intentionally didn't help conservatives and the wacky "FEMA camps" thing. We are being led by crazy people.