Amid Trump's FEMA phase-out, disasters make stark the need for federal help

The reality is that Trump doesn't think natural disasters should be his problem at all. I mean, from the very first week of his new term, Trump has proposed getting rid of FEMA altogether, just eliminating it. Cuz in Trump's view, the federal government shouldn't have to deal with emergencies.That task should be left to the states. And as he sees it, the only role he should really play here is being the point person on whether states get anything from the federal government at all. He loves to have that pow ...