Trump’s Katrina?
As the massive snow and ice storm spread across the U.S., I searched “FEMA downsizing.”
The AI genie reported, “FEMA is undergoing significant downsizing, with recent plans to cut thousands of contract (CORE) staff, leading to concerns about reduced disaster response capabilities, though a major winter storm recently prompted a temporary pause on some layoffs. These reductions are part of a larger push by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reshape FEMA by shifting more disaster responsibility to states, affecting long-term recovery efforts and potentially increasing costs for states and survivors, despite FEMA already facing staffing shortages.”
How much damage the storm did is being assessed as you read this. And how fast FEMA will respond remains to be seen.
But this may become a “heck of a job, Brownie” moment for Kristi Noem — and Trump’s Katrina.