Donald Trump will sign a decree to “reform”, or even “delete” the Federal Research Agency for Disasters

The billionaire targets the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in his speeches for several months already.

Published the 24/01/2025 18:51

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The American president, Donald Trump, on January 24, 2025, in Swannanoa, in North Carolina (United States). (Mandel Ngan / AFP)
The American president, Donald Trump, on January 24, 2025, in Swannanoa, in North Carolina (United States). (Mandel ngan / afp)

A statement in a state still marked by the passage of Hurgagan Hélène. During Donald Trump on Friday January 24, Donald Trump said he was counting “re-form” FEMA, the Federal Agency for the Response to Hurricane, Fires and other disasters, “Or maybe delete it”. It has been several months since the billionaire put the Federal Emergency Management Agency in his viewfinder.

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His attacks had gained momentum during the last electoral campaign, when he had taken wreckage from Hurgag Hélène to reproach Democratic President Joe Biden and Fema for having voluntarily neglected disaster areas because they voted for the Republicans. Donald Trump, however, has never brought evidence of these accusations.

More recently, he threatened to stop the federal aid funding the fight against fires in Los Angeles, on the grounds that California would have cut off water arrivals for the work of the firefighters, which experts deny.


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