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Let's talk about Trump unwinding FEMA....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump unwinding FEMA....

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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 starting to unwind FEMA and what you can do.

0:11.0

Trump has started the process of unwinding FEMA, beginning a process that will likely lead to the end of FEMA.

0:18.0

I know, I know, alarmist nonsense. Quote, I'll sign an executive order

0:25.0

to begin the process of reforming FEMA or getting rid of FEMA. That's Trump. Now the executive

0:32.4

action has been undertaken, a quote from the order. This order empowers state, local, and individual

0:40.0

preparedness and injects common sense into infrastructure prioritization and strategic investments

0:46.7

through risk-informed decisions that make our infrastructure, communities, and economy resilient

0:52.9

to global and dynamic threats and hazards.

0:56.0

Trump is starting to turn over the role of emergency preparedness to local governments.

1:02.0

Think about your local and state government. Do you think they're up to the task of handling major emergencies?

1:09.0

All the ones you can think of, and then add in cyber attacks and

1:13.3

space weather. Okay, now I'm just being silly. Space weather, cyber attacks? Nobody would expect

1:21.2

no stoplight County Nebraska to be able to deal with that. I'm obviously joking. It's in the order. Quote,

1:30.1

citizens are the immediate beneficiaries of sound local decisions and investments designed to address

1:36.6

risks, including cyber attacks, wildfires, hurricanes, and space weather. Now, imagine your local government doing it without Noah.

1:47.0

Now add into the mix the fact that France is reopening an old nuclear weapons base,

1:53.0

and the spread of nuclear weapons is growing more likely. It's important to remember

1:59.0

that FEMA grew out of preparedness for nuclear war.

2:04.2

I'll put an explainer down below that has a bit of the history ranging from when the federal

2:09.7

government decided it was its responsibility to deal with local emergencies to how FEMA came to be.

2:21.6

Now, I know the Republican talking heads are going to say that the federal government is still going to fund everything, and it'll just give the states more

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