Trump: FEMA Will End After This Hurricane Season

The Washington Post reports:

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration plans to “wean” states off Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance after this year’s hurricane season, offering in the most explicit terms yet his plans for states to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies on their own.

“We’re moving it back to the states, so the governors can handle. That’s why they’re governors,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “If they can’t handle it, they shouldn’t be governor.”

Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem have for months said they wanted to eliminate FEMA as it currently exists and hand control over emergency managements to states. That has puzzled some emergency managers who say that states have always led disaster response, and only seek federal aid and the help of FEMA staff if they need additional assistance.

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The Trump administration’s plan for FEMA is to fuck over the states and then blame Democratic governors pic.twitter.com/lJGphDLcZK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2025

Trump: So we want to wean off of FEMA and bring it down to the state level.. so the governors can handle it. If they can’t handle it, they shouldn’t be governor pic.twitter.com/urZnlZUMYO

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 10, 2025