The actor's head of actor of the emergency management agency was licensee Thursday in the middle of the Trump administration Current attacks On the division responsible for managing the response to disasters. The end of Cameron Hamilton was would have Directed by Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar and Trump's long -standing advisor Corey Lewandowskiserved as de facto chief of staff to the Kristi Noem internal security secretary. No reason has been given for Hamilton's dismissal, according to a white house spokesperson.
While the country is approaching the start of the hurricanes season in June, David RichardsonThe deputy secretary of the weapons office of destruction of the weapons of mass destruction of the Department of Internal Security, will now be the head of the acting FEMA. Richardson has no experience in the response to disasters.
Hamilton's dismissal comes just one day after the former Salt employee and the Navy State Department and the State Department testified before the Chamber's credit committee. During Wednesday session, Hamilton said: “I don't think it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency.”
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“The communities turn to FEMA in their greatest moments of need and it is imperative that we were ready to respond to these challenges,” he added.
President Donald Trump and the GOP used FEMA as a campaign discussion, Disinforcement of disinformation On the federal response to the great storms and the floods that hit North Carolina in September 2024. Trump called FEMA “Not good” And said that his administration “would recommend that FEMA disappear and pay directly”.
At the same time, the Trump administration is would have The planning of federal rescue programs in the event of a disaster that would make communities more difficult to qualify for help. Meanwhile, states like North Carolina, the objective of so many lies in the Trump campaign on Fema, continued to have trouble Get the funds already promised under the Biden administration.
As you would expect, the people most likely to feel the impact of a weakened fema are the same people who have shown Trump the most support. In Arkansas, the Republican senses John Boozman and Tom Cotton, as well as Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, already learn How many beggars He can take to obtain part of the federal aid that their citizens needed after the tornadoes ravaged their condition in March.
With the fema which should lack aid funds in the event of a disaster This summer, questions are on the question of whether a congress controlled by the Republican, liable to a cruel Trump, will do everything to finance it.
“I am very worried about what is happening when natural disasters have struck,” said Democratic Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii journalists.
We should all.
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