President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday and floated the idea of eliminating the agency.

President Donald Trump floated “getting rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday as he visited western North Carolina to survey the damage and recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene.

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

FEMA just hasn’t done the job,” the president said in North Carolina. “We’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

President Donald Trump assailed the agency as he toured areas of North Carolina that were ravaged by Hurricane Helene.

More than 80% of Floridians don’t have flood insurance and FEMA was unprepared for the deluge of assistance calls after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida on October 9, according to agency data.

I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.

From winter weather storms to hurricanes and wildfires there is no doubt the next FEMA administrator will be swamped with tasks. President Donald Trump may be looking for a leader right here at home to take on that role.

Many in Southwest Florida are dealing with unlivable conditions after a series of hurricanes hit the area last fall.

President Trump on Wednesday was sharply critical of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), suggesting at one point states should handle their own response to natural disasters but still

Cameron Hamilton does not appear to have experience coordinating responses to large-scale disasters, like the wildfires in California.

President Donald Trump says he's considering "getting rid of" FEMA as he hits the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting victims of Hurricane Helene and the California wildfires.