Hurricane victims have suffered a lot. Trump is making it worse.
In his private and public roles, President Donald Trump drops the inhabitants of North Carolina who were affected by Hurricane Helene.
During the 2024 electoral season, Trump disparaged the Federal Emergency Management Agency and took matters into their own hands, making a Gofundme This collected nearly $ 8 million.
Since it is Trump we are talking about, no one will be surprised to learn that the money was just distant to private organizations. Of the five groups that have received funds, four are Christian charitable organizations and most of them have links with Trump or are great supporters.
Of course, the groups do not answer questions about what they have done with money, with the exception of the one who provided information showing that they have spent $ 25,000 on gift cards for rural communities affected by the storm. The other groups refused to answer the questions of Grist, which broke the story, but hey, at least we know where 0.3% of money took place!
Once Trump took office, he made sure to continue hurting the North Carolina, holding critical aid in the event of a disaster without real reason except that he can. In May, Fema denied State demand for a 100% match of public funds for the cleaning of hurricanes, and it is only by this month This FEMA turned on the tap for additional funds.
As is always the case with this administration, they could not simply pay the funds without a strange winner the press release on this subject. When internal security secretary Kristi Noem announced an additional $ 48 million in the event of a disaster for the State on September 21, she praised that FEMA provided dollars to “at record speed” communities.
Yeah, not so much.
On September 23, the staff of a North Carolina disaster said that the federal government had covered about 9% Cleaning costs in the event of a disaster, compared to previous storms, where the federal government paid around 70%. They also said that the Fema’s risk mitigation subsidy program, which provides money for home buybacks and elevation, did not approve A single project in North Carolina.
Well, go now. FEMA has only had these applications since … February.
The cost of the recovery is estimated at around 60 billion dollars and, so far, the federal government has provided approximately $ 5.2 billion. However, a fun fact about $ 5.2 billion: the state says that only $ 800 million was paid from the state.
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The delay is, in part, due to the new genius idea that Noem personally approves all contracts of more than $ 100,000. At the time when this stupid policy was announced in June, Fema officials sounded the alarm on how it would cause emergency funding behind the next hurricane season.
It turns out that they are also strangulation funds for the previous hurricanes season. Heckuva Job, Kristi.
It is not only the Money of the Fema that does not pass. There is also $ 1.4 billion In housing and urban development funds for a state -managed house repair program. Of course, it has been rewarded, but no, the state has not yet. Meanwhile, 3,300 people with nautical houses submitted requests.
It is difficult to find a more striking example of Trump’s deep contempt for people than the way he treated disaster victims in North Carolina.
First, while remaining badly in disaster efforts under former president Joe Biden, he simply scribbled money from his own supporters so that he could transfer millions of dollars to certain other supporters, when the money disappears. Now that it is in office again, the FEMA funds in the state are radically reduced and slow to arrive.
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It is not only the suffering North Carolina. Trump diverted FEMA funds to build migrant prisons. He supervised an absolutely shameful FEMA response to the Texas floods, leading the agency’s urban research and rescue head to resign. Meanwhile, the interim administrator, David Richardson, was not found, and the FEMA research and rescue teams did not arrive for four days.
Trump has no interest in helping people. For him, FEMA is a half of the melting snow, half a half. People affected by natural disasters obtain leftovers, dribs and dulls whenever Noem begins to read his reception box.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Helene Recovery clings with an inadequate and private patchwork. Under Trump, we are all alone.
