Two weeks before the election, Trump visited North Carolina, pledging to improve responses to disasters like Tropical Storm Helene. However, now in office, his administration is cutting federal aid for recovery efforts, shifting financial burdens to state governments. With North Carolina's recovery costs projected around $60 billion, the state's expectation of federal support is unmet as hurricane season approaches. Experts warn that FEMA is unprepared for upcoming disasters, highlighting growing concerns around Trump's changes to disaster management priorities.
If elected, Trump pledged, he would do better in future crises, learning the lessons of the destruction the hurricane had unleashed there on Sept. 27.
In fact, he's scaling back federal help available for that region and telling the states to take bigger pieces of the financial burden for future storms, just as hurricane season gets underway.
The shortfall is especially worrying as hurricane season starts this weekend with most expertsincluding those inside the Federal Emergency Management Agencywarning that the feds are nowhere close to being ready.
Given the chance to take extraordinary steps to continue full government funding, Trump is declining, breaking with how his predecessors handled major crises.
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