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

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration is considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Southern California residents are being proactive about new fire threats while others are in the process of healing and recovering from what has burned down.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states for eligible recovery efforts after major disasters, contrary to posts online saying FEMA has “no money” to respond to the wildfires in southern California.

President Donald Trump was in Southern California touring what is left of the Pacific Palisades, calling what he saw ‘unbelievable’. Central Valley representatives

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.

Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that could dissolve FEMA, and shifting disaster relief responsibilities to the states.

The destructive wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area are already projected to be among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. Dozens of people have died or remain missing ...

On his way to California on Friday, President Trump made some statements about the water situation here during the recent fires. He said, “The water from the north was turned off”; that

The president has had harsh words for state and local leaders in California amid the deadly blazes. He recently suggested that federal aid could come with strings.