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Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t

FEMA has responded to nearly 1,400 disasters, including wildfires, severe storms, hurricanes, floods and tornadoes, and coordinates the federal response during emergency situations.

A woman and young boy walk along a street as they view destroyed house on May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people. Nine children were among the dead and entire neighborhoods vanished, with… (Joshua Lott/Getty Images North America/TNS)
A woman and young boy walk along a street as they view destroyed house on May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb Tuesday after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people. Nine children were among the dead and entire neighborhoods vanished, with… (Joshua Lott/Getty Images North America/TNS)
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Cost-cutting efforts could cripple FEMA, even if it’s not officially “abolished.”

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