Trump Promises Overhaul Of FEMA, Floats 'Getting Rid Of' Agency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : But the state should fix this," Trump said.
34% : Trump made the comments during a visit to Asheville, North Carolina, where he met with victims of Hurricane Helene and teased an executive order to completely overhaul FEMA.
34% : "In November, The Daily Wire broke a story about how a FEMA supervisor in Florida ordered relief workers responding to Hurricane Milton to "avoid homes advertising Trump."
29% : "I think when you have a problem like this, I think you want to ... use your state to fix it and not waste time."Trump said FEMA made disaster recovery more inefficient since it went into unfamiliar areas and introduced rules that slowed down the process.
26% : Trump has been very critical of FEMA's response to both Hurricanes Helene and Milton, saying that the agency slowed its response because many of those impacted were in conservative rural areas.
24% : I think, frankly, FEMA is not good," Trump said.

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