U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media flanked by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, as they arrive to assess recovery efforts and tour areas devastated by Hurricane Helene, at Asheville Regional Airport in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S., Jan. 24, 2025.
Leah Millis | Reuters
President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to take executive action to overhaul — or possibly end — the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, slamming the agency for its response to historic floods in North Carolina.
“I think we’re going to recommend that FEMA go away,” Trump said at a roundtable event in Asheville, North Carolina, which was devastated in September by Hurricane Helene.
The president later Friday is set to travel to Los Angeles, which continues to battle wildfires that have ravaged swaths of the city.
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