Trump threatens to scrap emergency agency Fema
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6TT6A)
President tours hurricane-damaged areas of North Carolina and says: I think we're going to recommend Fema go away'
President Donald Trump said Friday he would consider signing an executive order to fundamentally reform" or potentially eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), criticizing the agency's disaster response during a tour of hurricane-damaged areas in western North Carolina.
Speaking to reporters in Asheville, Trump called Fema not good" and a disaster", suggesting the agency is ineffective in responding to natural emergencies.
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