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Late in the 2024 campaign cycle, parts of western North Carolina were devastated by Hurricane Helene. Donald Trump accused former President Joe Biden of abandoning the region and mishandling the response to the crisis. The disaster in North Carolina became the jumping point for a myriad of conspiracies and attacks by Republicans against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FAMA). Trump vowed he would improve disaster responses as president.
Now, four months into his administration North Carolina Governor Josh Stein, a Democrat, has become the latest lawmaker from a disaster-ravaged state who has been forced to beg the president to provide much-needed aid.
On Friday, Stein published a video on social media informing the public that the Trump administration had denied the state's request for FEMA to honor a Biden-era commitment to pay for 100 percent of debris removal costs.
"It's going to cost a lot, up to $2 billion to fully clean the roads and waterways of western North Carolina," Stein said. "That's why I asked the federal government to continue to pay 100 percent of our cleanup costs beyond the first 180 days, just like it did with hurricanes Ike Maria and Katrina.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-fema-denies-north-carolinas-request-for-hurricane-helene-aid/ar-AA1FnrEx
He's pulled the same shit for Washington State https://www.democraticunderground.com/108230725 .
Billionaire tax cuts are his priority.

Cha
(311,332 posts)So many suckers in NC who Believed MUMP.
My sister and part of her family live in Asheville.. Thankfully they didn't need FEMA where they live But they know the devastation that Does Need Assistance.
When Kama comes to Mump may it be 10 Fold of what he's Done to Others.
JT45242
(3,354 posts)Project 2025 said dismantle FEMA.
They were told.
They did not care that they hurt themselves...they were just happy to put that uppity black woman in her place.
Face meet leopard
JI7
(91,988 posts)got more attention than this.
not fooled
(6,296 posts)to find that there isn't an abundance of FEMA money available now that he stopped it from going to "illegals" and migrants as he claimed during the campaign was happening under Biden.
Those of us who saw this coming tried to warn others, only to have the facts fall on deaf ears.
calimary
(86,496 posts)The donald ALWAYS looks out for Number One. As in: himself. All he cares about, and all he ever has cared about, is his little ol calculating, icy-hearted self.
BoRaGard
(5,625 posts)