Trump signs order to shift disaster preparations from FEMA to states, local governments
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to shift responsibility for disaster preparations to state and local governments, deepening his drive to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The order, first previewed by the White House on March 10, calls for a review of all infrastructure, continuity, and preparedness and response policies to update and simplify federal approaches.
It said "common sense" investments by state and local governments to address risks ranging from wildfires to hurricanes and cyber attacks would enhance national security, but did not detail what they were or how they would be funded.
"Preparedness is most effectively owned and managed at the state, local, and even individual levels, supported by a competent, accessible, and efficient federal government," the order said. "When states are empowered to make smart infrastructure choices, taxpayers benefit."
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By Andrea Shalal
March 18, 2025 10:03 PM EDT Updated 8 hours ago
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-shift-disaster-preparations-fema-states-local-governments-2025-03-19/
Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-order-shift-disaster-004554167.html
Xipe Totec
(44,466 posts)EarthFirst
(3,929 posts)then what?
Remember, it was those same Red states that voted to hurt their fellow Americans, and now they're going to be fucked, hard!!!
While I feel for those who didn't vote for this car wreck, I have nothing for the ones who did!
Rebl2
(17,335 posts)tornadoes in my state of MO last weekend and our republican governor said he planned on contacting the federal government for help. I thought to myself, good luck with that governor because you likely wont get help.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)the incredible number of Red States are yet to realize what is coming......The TrumpHumping voters are soon to realize that they have done their job by voting Trump in again, and will be kicked in the gutter, and under the bus, as they have guaranteed that they are no longer needed. Without Federal help, they are screwed more than us when it comes to FEMA, etc. They already take far more from the Feds than they contribute.......
azureblue
(2,649 posts)Blue states have been supporting failed red states for decades. This will force red states to clean up their finances. AND, the people in those states that vote for Repubs will FINALLY get to see the results of their votes. Leopards, faces, etc. When there is no relief money, the people will blame their governor who will be forced to blame Trump.
mitch96
(15,598 posts)That's gonna go over like a lead balloon.
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Scrivener7
(58,153 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,440 posts)Asking for the thousands of blue states who will need
help after natural disasters.
Falconry
(34 posts)If everything is becoming the responsibility of the tates, I would assume that means the states now get to keep all the taxes normally paid to the Feds, no?
Just asking for a friend.
Tree Lady
(12,976 posts)and a few other things....
lonely bird
(2,710 posts)First, there is no such thing.
Second, if there was Trump wouldnt have any.
Third, states with no income tax? Expect a VAT and increased state sales tax and fees for every damn thing.
And it still wont be enough.
When the next massive hurricane hits the gulf of MEXICO the insurance companies will pull out of almost the entirety of the former Confederacy.
Storm. The. Headquarters.
FakeNoose
(40,005 posts)And yet Florida has been having one disaster after another ... mainly related to hurricanes. But they've also got the problems with sinkholes, disappearing groundwater, and buildings collapsing. I don't have any numbers handy but I'm willing to bet that Florida gets more FEMA funds in one year than Pennsylvania or New York see in 5 or 10 years.
Also the California brush fires were hugely expensive because so many homes and high-priced buildings were destroyed. As wealthy as California is, there's no state that can cover costs like that on short notice. No state can "budget" for disasters until they've already happened.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)have long wanted a VAT tax and to have the U.S. do away with the IRS...........
You are correct that the VAT tax is next, except a NATIONAL VAT tax.
They want it first of all to ABOLISH the IRS.
Secondly it is an extremely regressive tax with most of it coming from the middle and lower classes.......
AND, most important, ALL of their MAJOR costs for tax accountants and lawyers they were forced to employ go bye-bye, a massive savings for them.............
Many civilized European nations have the VAT tax, but use the money to fund free Medical and Free Education thru College, as well as many other taxpayer benefits...... rest assured when they institute the VAT tax here, we will receive absolutely none of those benefits.
lark
(25,856 posts)This will kill states that border the Gulf of Mexico and the southern states that border the Atlantic. FL gets a double dose with both coasts exposed to these harms. Now there will be no tracking, WTF?? I've said it a million times and believe it with all my heart - he's actively trying to kill off the working/poor classes so the rich can steal our SS $ - which is substantial en masse.
Tanuki
(16,261 posts)that it wipes out their emergency processing center and other resources? This is incredibly short-sighted and nonsensical.
cstanleytech
(28,168 posts)I guess Trump can pray for a divine miracle then to receive aid promptly.
Topomi
(44 posts)Trump policy
sinkingfeeling
(57,069 posts)men?
Ol Janx Spirit
(614 posts)But this will not save the government any money. Even red states will demand they get their funding dollars that will now just have little or no oversight. Some will raid those funds to pay for other shortfalls and just demand more from Washington knowing that it looks really bad to deny aid to people that just went through a natural disaster. What the "government efficiency" folks seem to forget is that many of these federal agencies were partially established to make sure that federal dollars were not wasted or repurposed by the states in the specific areas they oversee. These shortsighted new policies are actually the opposite of an efficient way to distribute tax dollars IMO.
Blue Dotty
(163 posts)Because with all the federal agency cuts and services discontinued, our state tax rates will go up to provide for services the feds used to. This was just a way to eliminate any type of regulations, to bail out muskrat, and his other oligarch billionaires.
newdeal2
(4,701 posts)Let each state provide its own defense.
bluestarone
(21,067 posts)It will be the Democrats that file a lawsuit to save the fucking rethuglicons that live in the southern states. ALWAYS a Democrat has to do the saving.
This is why I didn't renew flood insurance. I'll bank the money.
bluedigger
(17,384 posts)I can't wait until the county calls me out for mandatory forest raking details.
Paladin
(32,214 posts)Not a matter of "whether," just "when."
Bayard
(28,368 posts)Doesn't matter how many MAGAts it hurts. Revenge is the word.
Martin68
(26,947 posts)tornado, or flood occurs. Congress funded FEMA. Who's going to help states pay for disaster recovery?
Vinca
(53,224 posts)Mysterian
(6,148 posts)more than the wealthy blue states. Good move, god-emperor trump!
Bluestocking
(467 posts)Haha
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)I was gonna say, notice how Mother Nature is mostly focusing on the ton of Red States for her Natural Disasters......
She is really getting super pissed at those that are causing damage to HER planet earth, and seeking revenge......
C_U_L8R
(48,795 posts)While the middle class keeps paying taxes and billionaires get cuts. What a shithead.
BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)MiHale
(12,542 posts)Time to wipe out Mar-A-Lago
scour it off the face of the earth, let Florida pay for it.
Surgical hit, please.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)will rebuild Mar-a-Lago with just a tiny portion of money he has grifted these past 8+ years. Something akin to the Taj Mahal............
Or use the entire budget of FEMA, just for him, before abandoning FEMA.......
no_hypocrisy
(54,131 posts)damages WITH FEMA.
Hold your breaths MAGAs!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,412 posts)in places like Florida and Texas will be quite pleased with this. Because before FEMA the individual states did such a fabulous job of these things.
GenThePerservering
(3,146 posts)we'll keep the money ourselves and no longer provide welfare to failed red states.
OverBurn
(1,287 posts)I live in a red state, Indiana. Maybe not as completely red as Mississippi or some others, but full of a lot of Trump loving red assholes.
BlueKota
(5,034 posts)I'd rather New York State officials be in charge of any natural disasters that happen here than any of the disastrous officials he appoints, anyway.
louis-t
(24,566 posts)sakabatou
(45,716 posts)Felon47: Too bad, so sad. Fuck you.
mdbl
(8,022 posts)Otherwise there wouldn't be a federal program.
NickB79
(20,222 posts)But now it's verboten to discuss the C-word in Trumpland.
Good luck Red States. You're fucked.