r/EmergencyManagement • u/CommanderAze Federal • Jan 23 '25

News Trump claims FEMA is getting ‘in the way’ and pitches abolishing it

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fema-sean-hannity-interview-b2684711.html
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u/Princeps_Aurelianus Jan 23 '25

Exactly, part of the point of FEMA is to help coordinate between the various levels of government and to act as the President’s liaison (in the form of FEMA Federal Coordinating Officers) to state managed disaster missions. It’s not about just giving federal dollars to the states, it’s recognizing the importance of needing to coordinate where those federal resources go, why, and how they get there. Before FEMA, there were hundreds of different federal level EM offices. FEMA united them all under one mission and structure, eliminating bureaucracy and redundant agencies.

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u/jittery_raccoon Jan 25 '25

He's never actually worked a job before. I think he literally doesn't know what goes into managing something. I bet he thinks he just tells the FEMA director what he wants, then the director and maybe a couple supervisors just tell 30 low level employees to set up a distribution and donation center and go rescue people from floods or wrecked houses. And then he thinks they leave after a week