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Beau of The Fifth Column

Let's talk about Trump, FEMA restructuring, and questions....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

4.8965 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump, FEMA restructuring, and questions....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

0:04.0

So today, we're going to talk about Trump versus FEMA and plans for change.

0:10.0

But before we get to talking about aid and money,

0:13.0

quick reminder about the California State University Northridge Project Rebound Fundraiser.

0:19.0

There's a link down below. We're going to do this because a

0:24.2

handful of questions came in about it and it seems to be something that's worrying a lot of people

0:29.1

and it probably shouldn't. Here's one that has all the questions. Miss Bell or maybe Dana, I don't

0:37.1

know. What's going to happen to FEMA? My job moves me

0:41.5

around the South every few years. Because of that, I've seen FEMA for decades. I saw them in

0:48.0

Katrina, and I saw them in Helene. Katrina was not a great showing, but better than nothing. And even though Facebook said otherwise,

0:57.2

I thought they did really well in Helene. Now, I've seen that they're looking at restructuring

1:03.3

it. Some of it makes sense. Why was FEMA dealing with migrants in the first place? I can see

1:09.7

putting that under a different agency,

1:12.1

but they also said they would adjust what they called burden sharing. It made it sound like

1:18.3

FEMA was going to make the states pay more. Again, I'm a blue dot that has to move around red states.

1:25.6

They don't have the money to shoulder more of the burden.

1:29.5

Are they really going to just leave red states twisting in the wind?

1:33.6

Why would Republicans do this?

1:36.0

How do they expect the states to pay?

1:38.5

They also want to make it an independent agency reporting directly to the president.

1:43.7

That sounds like a slush fund.

1:45.8

How can they do this? Should I be worried about this? It seems like it should get more attention.

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