Trump's plan to eliminate FEMA is a very bad idea

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : While touring hurricane damage in North Carolina on Jan. 24, Trump remarked:"Well, I'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA or maybe getting rid of FEMA.
45% : As with many functions of American government, emergency management is just the latest target of disorientation tactics intended to paralyze government operations.
39% : While Trump sits at the top of the executive branch, he can engage in a variety of political shenanigans to undermine FEMA, but he cannot unilaterally abolish the agency.
36% : "Trump indicated he would like to see state governments respond to disasters.
36% : The White House later clarified that an upcoming executive order would direct a council of FEMA advisers to examine the agency and come up with proposals for reform.Turning back the clockIf Trump gets rid of FEMA, he'll be turning back the clock 50 years.
27% : During Hurricane Helene, Trump has used his bully pulpit to endorse or invent false or unsubstantiated claims.
19% : In contrast, a bombastic President Donald Trump used his first domestic trip on Jan. 24 to tour disaster sites in North Carolina and Los Angeles while promoting his litany of grievances and rambling about his dislike of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
10% : Trump's criticismsIn a Fox News interview on Jan. 22, Trump suggested that FEMA would be facing a reckoning.

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