Trump warns FEMA faces a reckoning after Biden admin: 'Not done their job'

President Donald Trump warned precocious Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is acceptable to look a reckoning pursuing 4 years nether the Biden administration, arguing the exigency bureau has "not done their job." 

"FEMA has not done their occupation for the past 4 years. You know, I had FEMA moving truly well. We had hurricanes successful Florida. We had Alabama tornadoes. But unless you person definite types of leadership, it's really, it gets successful the way. And FEMA is going to beryllium a full large treatment precise shortly, due to the fact that I'd alternatively spot the states instrumentality attraction of their ain problems," Trump said Wednesday successful an exclusive interrogation with Fox News' Sean Hannity, his archetypal White House interview since his inauguration. 

Trump past turned his attraction to the authorities of Oklahoma, touting that helium won each 77 of the state's counties successful the 2024 election, and arguing that if the Sooner State is deed by a tornado, authorities leaders should instrumentality the pb connected exigency effect earlier the national authorities steps successful for further assistance. 

"I emotion Oklahoma, but you cognize what? If they get deed with a tornado oregon something, fto Oklahoma hole it. … And past the national authorities tin assistance them retired with the money. FEMA is getting successful the mode of everything, and the Democrats really usage FEMA not to assistance North Carolina," Trump continued. 

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President Donald Trump sits for an interrogation with Fox News. (Fox News / Hannity)

FEMA came nether the nation's microscope past twelvemonth erstwhile Hurricane Helene ripped done North Carolina, devastating residents arsenic it wiped retired homes and businesses and killed much than 100 people. FEMA and the Biden medication faced fierce backlash for its handling of the emergency, portion Trump accused the bureau of obstructing alleviation efforts successful Republican areas. 

"The Democrats don't attraction astir North Carolina. What they've done with FEMA is truthful bad. FEMA is simply a full 'nother discussion, due to the fact that each it does is complicate everything," helium said. 

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"So I'm stopping connected Friday. I'm stopping successful North Carolina, archetypal stop, due to the fact that those radical were treated precise severely by Democrats. And I'm stopping there. We're going to get that happening straightened retired due to the fact that they're inactive suffering from a hurricane from months ago," Trump said. 

Floodwaters from Hurricane Helene successful Western North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Trump volition sojourn North Carolina connected Friday, his archetypal travel arsenic president, wherever helium is expected to circuit and conscionable with residents who were near devastated by the hurricane successful September. He volition besides sojourn California that aforesaid day, wherever wildfires person ripped done the Los Angeles country this month. 

The travel is acceptable to item what Trump has described arsenic exigency effect failures astatine the hands of Democratic leaders. 

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A location burns arsenic the Palisades Fire rages connected astatine the Mandeville Canyon, successful Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 11, 2025.  (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton )

"And past I'm going to past I'm going to spell to California," helium said, earlier criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom's handling of wildfire prevention and response. Trump has agelong criticized the Democratic politician for prioritizing biology policies, specified arsenic protecting the dwindling smelt and Chinook salmon populations, and not tapping h2o sources successful the bluish portion of the authorities that helium argued would let amended occurrence response. 

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"There is monolithic amounts of water, rainfall h2o and upland water, that comes to with the snow, comes down, arsenic it melts, there's truthful overmuch h2o they're releasing it into the Pacific Ocean," helium said.