United States President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order creating a task force dedicated to reviewing and suggesting changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Semafor reported on Friday, citing a White House official.
According to the report, the new group will be called the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, and it will consist of the US Departments of Homeland Security and Defense secretaries, as well as experts from the private sector. The group will brief Trump on the current situation in the agency and suggest changes, which may include reorganizing FEMA or completely shutting it down. The executive order is expected to be signed later today, according to the official cited in the report.
Earlier today, the US president criticized FEMA's response to the fires in California, stating that the agency "has turned out to be a disaster" and signaling that he might be recommending for FEMA to "go away."
