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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
Summary
Trump signed an executive order shifting disaster preparedness responsibility from FEMA to state and local governments.
The order calls for reviewing infrastructure policies, creating a National Risk Register, and prioritizing state-led risk reduction.
Critics warn this weakens U.S. disaster readiness, noting Trump’s administration has cut 1,000 FEMA staff and withheld funds from state projects.
Experts fear the order forces states to make costly infrastructure investments without clear federal support, leaving communities more vulnerable to disasters like wildfires and hurricanes.
Trump said he thought he could shut the White House pandemic office and rehire the staff as needed.
Actually, he wanted to fire the admiral in charge of the office because the admiral was friends with Gen. Miley who Trump hated.