President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

A key population harmed by Donald Trump’s proposed shutdown of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be Americans living in “tornado alley” in the central U.S. and the flood and hurricane states of the southeast, which include a huge percentage of the president’s MAGA supporters.

Trump says "FEMA is not good" and he plans to overhaul or eliminate the agency as he tours disaster ravaged zones in North Carolina and California

Speaking to reporters, the president predicted future disasters would need “probably less FEMA, because FEMA just hasn’t done the job. And we’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

In the first official trip of his second term, Trump also threatened to withhold disaster aid to California unless the state enacts a voter ID law.

Trump complained that long permitting processes and late arrival from FEMA agents have delayed homeowners from being able to start rebuilding.

Find out more about the likelihood of President Donald Trump actually eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency after suggesting the idea on Friday.

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to get rid of the main federal agency that responds to natural disasters.

President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.

President Donald Trump said that his administration will step in and assist North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane Helene months after the storm.

In North Carolina Friday, President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order aimed at what he said would address problems inherent to FEMA.