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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would sign an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally overhauling or eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "FEMA has turned out to be a disaster ... I think we recommend that FEMA go away," he said during a tour of North Carolina to see damage done by Hurricane Helene last year.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 56 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All those hurricane victims that complained about "illegals" getting some FEMA (but it wasn't FEMA money, not that they cared) money got their wish. They won't get any more FEMA money. Maybe nobody else will, either.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Florida's about to be unaffordable for millions of Americans. FEMA's NFIP program had been disproportionately keeping cost of flood insurance low for millions of people in hurricane/flood regions along the Gulf coast, but now the market alone will dictate rates if FEMA is taken out of the picture.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

now the market alone will dictate rates if FEMA is taken out of the picture

Nah, Florida will just pass a law making it illegal for insurers to leave the state. Surely that will work!

[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They’d save more effort by making it illegal for hurricanes to hit Florida. Borrow Trump’s marker and make them hit Alabama instead.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Didn't they actually pass something near to that already?

[–] cass80@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

Don't worry. They'll make sure handouts to red states won't stop. It's only blue states that'll get fucked.