President Donald Trump suggested an overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency might be part of his broader plans to shrink the federal government in his first formal interview since returning to the White House.
The pretaped interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity covered a range of topics. But a few remarks partway through the interview made clear that paring down FEMA, which has long drawn Trump’s ire, may soon be a political priority for him, as he argued that the government agency should step back from natural disaster recovery.
“FEMA is going to be a whole big discussion very shortly because I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” Trump said, using tornadoes in Oklahoma as an example.