Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said President Donald Trump could shut down FEMA as Elon Musk’s DOGE audits the federal disaster relief agency.
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HomelandSecuritySecretaryKristiNoemsaidSundaythatshesupportedgettingridoftheFederalEmergencyManagementAgency(FEMA)“thewayitexiststoday.”
InanappearanceonCNN’s“StateoftheUnion,”Noem’sstanceappearedinlinewiththatofPresidentDonaldTrumpandElonMusk,whohavebothsuggestedshuttingdownFEMAcouldbeanoption,astheDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)hasreportedlygainedaccesstoFEMA’ssensitivedisasterreliefdatatoreviewitsprograms.
“CanandshouldDonaldTrumpshutitdown?”CNN’sDanaBashaskedNoem.
“Hecan.AndIbelievethathewilldothatevaluationwithhisteam,”Noemsaid.“Andhe’stalkingaboutit,whichI’mgratefulfor.He’llworkwithCongress,though,tomakesurethatit’sdonecorrectlyandthatwe’restilltheretohelpfolkswhohaveaterribledisasteroracrisisintheirlife.He’sbeenveryclearthathestil
