NBC: Trump says FEMA to be wound down after hurricane season
Trump also said he planned to distribute disaster relief funds directly from the president’s office.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-says-fema-wound-hurricane-season-rcna212307
This. I mean…. I can’t even….
#Trump: …I’ve been meeting w/heads of… #forest countries, call themselves forest, Austria & others... they say we're a forest nation. We live in forest…In one case you know they say our #trees are much more flammable than #California but we don’t have #ForestFires because we clean the floor. We sweep the floor….
The Onion: FEMA Chief Confused By Wind
‘How Come I Feel Something But Don’t See It?’ Asks Department Head
"Trump hopes to eliminate FEMA entirely."
~ Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims
As Paul Krugman says, the world is starting to take notice of the fact that the US is no longer a serious country, and economic consequences are following — and will continue to follow.
#Trump #economy #tariffs #TradeWars #FEMA #ICE #immigrants #deportations
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-no-longer-a-serious-country
"That is where we are this week, as essential government agencies like FEMA are withdrawing needed and promised aid from Americans and masked ICE agents pull people, including American citizens, off the streets in the mad hunt for aliens here without legal status, in sufficient numbers to give Trump his talking points about 'mass deportations."
#Trump #economy #tariffs #TradeWars #FEMA #ICE #immigrants #deportations
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