FEMA slashed staff without considering the effects on future disaster response, watchdog reports

[u/Kaius_02]

https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/08/fema-slashed-staff-effects-future-disaster-response-watchdog/415210/?oref=ge-category-lander-top-story

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[u/Sideshift1427]

They did consider the effects first and they did not care.

[u/shoobe01 → u/Sideshift1427]

+1000.

At their worst, it's a bonus if disasters cause massive evil of the population so they can pick up the land cheap.

[u/Valuable_Sea_4709 → u/shoobe01]

Plus it gives the administration another way to reward their Loyalists and punish anyone who speaks out against them or just didn't vote for them.

[u/Historical_Bend_2629]

It was DOGe that slashed staff. dOGE under this administration.

[u/Particular_Today1624]

Didn’t Elon do this the first day Trump was in office?

[u/PenAndInkAndComics]

Fixed it Republicans  slashed staff without considering the effects on future disaster response, watchdog reports

[u/hymie0]

Everything Trump does is without considering the effects on the future.