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How FEMA works and why Trump is threatening to kill it

By Elaine Mallon
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Over the weekend, President Donald Trump threatened “getting rid of FEMA,” the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

“FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,” Trump said on Friday during a tour of a North Carolina neighborhood destroyed by Hurricane Helene. “I think we recommend that FEMA go away.”

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