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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKristi Noem to Trump's Cabinet: I'm 'Going to Eliminate' FEMA
Kristi Noem to Trump’s Cabinet: I’m ‘Going to Eliminate’ FEMA
COME AGAIN?
The agency’s budget and policies have come under fire in MAGA 2.0.
Josh Fiallo
Breaking News Reporter
Published Mar. 24 2025 5:33PM EDT
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said in a cabinet meeting Monday she was “going to eliminate” FEMA, the government’s disaster relief agency.
Noem, 53, did not provide any other specifics about her shock announcement—just that she would seek to kill the agency tasked with responding to natural disasters and emergencies.
The announcement came and went quickly in Monday’s meeting, with there being no other discussion about FEMA’s future.
FEMA is part of the Department of Homeland Security, placing the agency in Noem’s purview. She said last month that she would “get rid of FEMA the way it exists today,” but did not take her aspirations as far as she did in Monday’s meeting. She and Donald Trump have suggested that—in FEMA’s place—each state should dictate its own disaster response.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-to-trumps-cabinet-im-going-to-eliminate-fema/
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babylonsister
Mar 24
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oldsoldierfadingfast
(203 posts)1. Individual states...
are not prepared to handle disaster relief, natural or man-made. Nor can they afford to do so.
Buckeyeblue
(5,860 posts)2. That will play well during hurricane season in the maga south
babylonsister
(171,976 posts)6. Hey, I live there, too. I'm definitely worried. nt
Buckeyeblue
(5,860 posts)12. I wasn't trying to be sarcastic. I think this will be a big problem.
But, ironically, many of the people that voted for dear fuck-head will be harmed, plus those who didn't vote for him.
babylonsister
(171,976 posts)13. I wanted to point out we're not all magas...
I'm not, and am from NY originally. Lots of us here, though not enough, yet.
dem4decades
(12,597 posts)3. A few red state hurricanes would be interesting after she dumps FEMA.
hlthe2b
(109,074 posts)10. Look for CSU to release their 2025 hurricane season forecast... April 3
bluestarone
(19,508 posts)4. Hope South Dakota tells her
NEVER come back to South Dakota.
Docreed2003
(18,132 posts)5. Has the orange one even addressed the tornados that recently ripped across the Midwest and south?
I know he was busy "winning" his club golf championship that weekend.
Solly Mack
(94,707 posts)7. Mar-a-Lago face is an idiot.
A corrupt idiot.
patphil
(7,654 posts)8. She plans to shoot it in the face, and dump it's body in a quary.
vapor2
(2,102 posts)9. WAIT til there is a disaster in her state and no FEMA
msongs
(71,073 posts)11. dog murderer and ivanka clone kristi noem
tavernier
(13,625 posts)14. Aw, she adopted a new puppy and named him FEMA,
and now she’s going to poison him and blow him up. It’s a hobby of hers.