Mr. Trump threatened to close the federal emergency response agency

During the trip to the areas of stormy rain disaster in Northern Carolina and forest fires in California on January 24, President Donald Trump said he would sign an order to disperse the US Federal Emergency Response Agency. (Fema).

This is Mr. Trump’s first disaster field visit since taking office. This move is part of his efforts to increase the president’s power to decide which state will receive support from the federal government.

“Fema turned out to be a disaster,” Trump said when he visited the area of ​​Hurricane Helene devastated in North Carolina in September 2024. “I think we should let Fema disappear.”

The US president accused Fema in a bad coordination of natural disaster relief efforts in North Carolina and said he wanted the states to be budget from the government to overcome the disaster consequences.

He also criticized the way the California government responded to forest fires in Los Angeles, but pledged to cooperate with Governor Gavin Newsom and support Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass when he killed forest fires.

He previously threatened to reduce emergency support for forest fires to California, if the state leader did not obey his orders about the change of the law that he thought “allows immigrants without paperwork. Voting “and” opening valve “reservoirs to solve drought.

However, after witnessing the consequences of wildfires, Mr. Trump came down and affirmed that the US government was supporting 100%California.

“No one can recognize the harsh and cruel situation until witnessing,” Mr. Trump said after flying through areas of devastating forest fire. “I see a lot of bad things on television, but the scale and extent of the disaster is unbelievable, everything has burned down.”

The recent series of forest fires in California burned tens of thousands of hectares and made many people evacuate. Of these, the two biggest fire, Palisades and Eaton destroyed the area of ​​about 16,200 hectares and killed more than 20 people.

The Hughes fire broke out on January 22, spreading quickly on the hillside 56 km north of Los Angeles and burned down about 4,050 hectares. About 31,000 people received evacuation orders for the new fire, while firefighters had to fight all night to prevent the fire from spreading.

The US National Weather Agency (NSW) said strong winds are decreasing and the city of Los Angeles will rain this weekend. However, NSW warns the local drought here will continue and the situation is still dangerous.