Trump signs executive order aimed at 'drastically' improving FEMA efficacy, priorities, competence

President Donald Trump enactment the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) nether reappraisal connected Sunday aft signing an enforcement bid aimed astatine "drastically" improving the agency’s efficacy, priorities and competence.

Trump’s enforcement bid establishes the FEMA Review Council, which volition beryllium composed of nary much than 20 members and co-chaired by the secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense.

The assembly is being formed aft FEMA's effect to Hurricane Helene and different caller disasters showed the request to amended "efficacy, priorities, and competence, including evaluating whether FEMA’s bureaucracy successful catastrophe response" hinders its quality to respond successfully.

"Despite obligating astir $30 cardinal successful catastrophe assistance each of the past 3 years, FEMA has managed to permission susceptible Americans without the resources oregon enactment they request erstwhile they request it most," the enforcement bid reads. "There are superior concerns of political bias successful FEMA. Indeed, astatine slightest 1 erstwhile FEMA responder has stated that FEMA managers directed her to debar homes of individuals supporting the run of Donald J. Trump for President."

‘FEMA IS NOT GOOD:’ TRUMP ANNOUNCES AGENCY OVERHAUL DURING VISIT TO NORTH CAROLINA

A drone presumption shows a Walgreens successful Asheville, North Carolina, damaged by Hurricane Helene connected Sept. 29, 2024. (Reuters/Marco Bello)

Trump besides said FEMA has mislaid ngo focus, diverting constricted resources and unit to enactment missions extracurricular its scope and authority. The president peculiarly highlighted that FEMA has spent implicit a cardinal dollars welcoming amerciable immigrants.

"Americans merit an immediate, effective, and impartial effect to and betterment from disasters," the bid continued. "FEMA truthful requires a full-scale review, by individuals highly experienced astatine effectual catastrophe effect and recovery, who shall urge to the President improvements oregon structural changes to beforehand the nationalist involvement and alteration nationalist resilience."

TRUMP SAYS NEWSOM IS TO 'BLAME' FOR 'APOCALYPTIC' WILDFIRES

President Donald Trump has shared plans to overhaul FEMA aft stating helium thinks the bureau is "not good." (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump announced Friday that helium plans to overhaul FEMA arsenic North Carolina is inactive recovering from Hurricane Helene much than 120 days aft the storm devastated the state.

"I'll besides beryllium signing an enforcement bid to statesman the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, oregon possibly getting escaped of FEMA," Trump told reporters successful North Carolina connected Friday morning. "I think, frankly, FEMA is not good."

FAST-MOVING HUGHES FIRE ERUPTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS ORDER EVACUATIONS

A van floats successful floodwaters adjacent the Biltmore Village successful the aftermath of Hurricane Helene connected Sept. 28, 2024, successful Asheville, North Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Trump promised his medication would measurement successful and assist North Carolina to hole the harm quickly, vowing to "do a bully job" for the state. 

The president besides said helium would similar to spot the states presume much work erstwhile catastrophe strikes, arguing those acquainted with the authorities are amended equipped to supply catastrophe effect and relief. 

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So far, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assertion that lone fractional of the debris betterment from Hurricane Helene is complete. Additionally, thousands of families successful North Carolina stay successful hotels that FEMA is footing the measure for done its Transitional Housing Assistance program. 

Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy contributed to this report.