A leaked internal memo, titled “Abolishing FEMA”, was recently obtained by Bloomberg News. It was commissioned by Trump’s current DHS team, including Kristi Noem.

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A leaked internal memo, titled “Abolishing FEMA”, was recently obtained by Bloomberg News. It was commissioned by Trump’s current DHS team, including Kristi Noem, who is co-chairing a FEMA review council. The memo outlines a plan to drastically gut FEMA.

The proposal includes:

👉 Eliminating long-term housing assistance for disaster survivors

👉 Shutting down enrollment in the National Flood Insurance Program (which 4+ million Americans rely on)

👉 Narrowing FEMA’s response only to massive, headline-grabbing disasters (like 9/11 or Katrina), leaving smaller communities stranded

👉 Transferring responsibility to already overburdened state governments

Carrie Speranza, president of the U.S. Council of Emergency Managers and a former FEMA advisor, said: “You should not expect to see FEMA on the ground unless it’s 9/11, Katrina, or Superstorm Sandy.”

Only Congress can fully abolish FEMA, but the Trump administration is already laying the groundwork:

👉 FEMA has lost over 2,000 staff since January.

👉 Trump’s acting FEMA chief threatened to “run right over” staff who resist the changes.

👉 Several readiness grants and essential programs have been cut or denied.

This isn’t a drill. It’s a calculated dismantling of a vital federal agency during a time when climate disasters are increasing in size, cost, and frequency.

If you're wondering where this ideology is coming from, look no further than Project 2025, the far-right policy blueprint driving these changes. Trump claims he doesn't know about it...but this FEMA memo pulls directly from it.

Michael Coen, President Biden’s former FEMA Chief of Staff, said: “These changes will leave a lot of communities behind.”

If you think FEMA only helps "blue states," think again. Disasters don’t care who you vote for. Weakening FEMA is a national threat, and it's being done in plain sight.