US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump visited the state of North Carolina, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Helene last year. Making statements during his visit, Trump criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
“FEMA blew it, and we’re going to turn that around”
Stating that he is considering taking steps in the future that would lead disaster relief efforts by states instead of the federal government, Trump said, “We’re reviewing the whole concept of FEMA. Frankly, I like the concept of when North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. When Florida gets hit, the governor takes care of it. I mean, the state takes care of it. Having a bunch of people coming from one region who don’t even know where they’re going to try to fix a problem right away is something that doesn’t work for me at all.”
“In the future, disaster relief is going to go through us,” Trump said, “So instead of going through FEMA, it’s going to go through us. I think that’s a good place to start. Because in fairness to the governor and everybody else, FEMA blew it, and we’re going to turn that around.” “
We’re losing $200 billion a year with Canada”
Trump also referred to Canada joining the U.S. in his speech, promising Canadians “tremendous tax cuts” and “much better health insurance” if that happens. Noting that if Canada became the 51st state of the USA they would not have to worry about the military, Trump said, “We lose 200 billion dollars a year with Canada. The reason for that is because we let them make cars, we let them buy lumber. We don’t need their cars, we don’t need their lumber, we don’t need their food products because we produce the same products on the other side of the border.”
Emphasizing that he really wants Canada to become the 51st state, Trump said, “If that happens, Canadian citizens would get a huge tax break and you wouldn’t have to worry about the military, you wouldn’t have to worry about a lot of things. You would have better health insurance. You would have much better health insurance. I think the Canadian people would like that, of course if it were explained.”
