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The Mary Trump Podcast

Trump Leadership Unprepared to Handle Disasters

The Mary Trump Podcast

Mary Trump Media

Politics, President, Donald Trump, News, Political Commentary, Mary Trump, Democrat, Government

4.9846 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump’s regime leaves FEMA unprepared for hurricane season, which is two weeks out. Plus, FAA chaos and Noem’s jet fantasy deepen the crisis.

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0:00.0

Donald's choices for a cabinet department heads in his regime have been nothing short of a disaster.

0:07.7

Nowhere is that more obvious than in FEMA. We're two weeks out from the official start of hurricane season,

0:15.4

and according to a Wall Street Journal report, FEMA staff are worried the agency is, quote,

0:22.8

not prepared, unquote. Apparently, FEMA staff are worried the agency is, quote, not prepared, unquote.

0:28.8

Apparently, FEMA administrator Eric Cooks admitted in an internal meeting that he doesn't have a plan yet.

0:30.6

Reminder, we are two weeks out from hurricane season.

0:35.3

Here's CBS News reporting on this disaster.

0:39.2

CBS News has obtained portions of an internal review warning. The Federal Emergency Management Agency

0:44.4

is not prepared for hurricane season, which starts June 1st. CBS's Nicole Skanga has looked

0:50.2

over the report and joins us now with details. Nicole, what does it say? Yeah, here is the

0:56.0

main takeaway, John. Quote, as FEMA transforms into a smaller footprint, the intent for this

1:02.6

hurricane season is not well understood. Thus, FEMA is not ready. John, in other words, amid

1:09.6

staffing cuts and shortages plus directives by this

1:13.6

administration to further downside for disaster relief to be pushed away from the federal

1:19.9

governments and to the states, not only do FEMA employees believe that they are not prepared

1:25.7

for hurricane season. They don't even know what their role is,

1:29.4

what their job will be. Other slides in this PowerPoint presentation pointed to problems with

1:34.9

morale as well as interagency coordination.

1:37.9

All right, none of this is theoretical.

1:41.4

FEMA's current unpreparedness is already in evidence. This weekend, more than two

1:46.0

dozen tornadoes hit the Midwest, leaving at least 28 people dead. St. Louis alone saw

1:51.3

eight miles of destruction. FEMA is still not on the ground. Here's Mayor Spencer of St. Louis on

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