Donald Trump considers ending FEMA, let states deal with 'the tornadoes and the hurricanes'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : After visiting North Carolina and California, Trump plans to hold a rally Saturday in Las Vegas. ___ Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
52% : Once in California, Trump plans to tour the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where rows of homes burned to the ground.
49% : After the briefing recovery efforts, Trump traveled to a small town outside Asheville to meet with residents who have been helped by Samaritan's Purse, a humanitarian organization headed by evangelical leader Franklin Graham.
43% : "I don't think we should give California anything until they let the water run down," Trump said Wednesday in an interview with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity.
37% : Speaking while on the first trip of his second term, Trump made the comment in North Carolina during a briefing on the monthslong recovery from Hurricane Helene.
37% : While Trump emphasized his desire to help North Carolina, a battleground state that's voted for him in all of his presidential campaigns, he was much less generous toward California, where he plans to visit wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles later in the day.
34% : Friday's trip could prompt some uncomfortable conversations about climate change, which Trump has played down and denied.
30% : Trump tapped Cameron Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL with limited experience managing natural disasters, as FEMA's acting Director.
28% : Trump reiterated that he wants to extract concessions from the Democratic-led state in return for disaster assistance, including changes to water policies and requirements that voters need to show identification when casting ballots.
28% : " Trump said that would be quicker than sending in FEMA.
27% : Trump has showered California leaders with disdain for water policies that he falsely claimed worsened the recent blazes.
26% : " Trump said Michael Whatley, Chair of the Republican National Committee, would help coordinate recovery efforts in the state, where frustrations over the storm continue to linger.
22% : " The last time Trump was President, he visited numerous disaster zones, including the aftermaths of hurricanes and tornadoes.
19% : Trump has a history of injecting politics and falsehoods into disaster response.
19% : Trump has a history of injecting politics and falsehoods into disaster response.
17% : Trump has suggested using federal disaster assistance as a bargaining chip during unrelated legislative negotiations over government borrowing, or as leverage to persuade California to change its water policies.
14% : " Michael Coen, who served as Chief of Staff at FEMA during the Biden administration, said Trump was "misinformed" about an agency that provides critical help to states when they're overwhelmed by catastrophe.
9% : Trump has criticized former President Joe Biden for his administration's response to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

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