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I’m probably going to get some comments saying “No it hasn’t happened”, but what would happen if Trump gets rid of FEMA? Places that are more conservative leaning, what happens to those states if there’s a Natural disaster but no FEMA to help? Would people be on their own?
Comment by Showdown5618 at 03/02/2025 at 22:21 UTC
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If, and this is a big if, they get rid of FEMA, the government will most likely create another FEMA under a different name.
Comment by Teekno at 03/02/2025 at 22:19 UTC
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Well, of course, Trump can't get rid of FEMA on his own, it would take an act of Congress to do that. But if it did happen, what would happen? It depends on what happens to the money. Is that money used by another federal agency for disaster relief? Would it be used for direct grants to states to assist with their own disaster relief activities? Or would the federal government be getting completely out of the disaster relief business and leaving it all up to the states?