Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit [Video]

President Donald Trump on Friday said he plans to take executive action to overhaul — or possibly end — the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, slamming the agency for its response to historic floods in North Carolina.

“I think we’re going to recommend that FEMA go away,” Trump said at a briefing in Asheville, North Carolina, which was devastated in September by Hurricane Helene.

Trump’s first step in that direction could come soon: He is set to sign an executive order creating a task force to review FEMA and recommend changes to the agency, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to CNBC.

The task force, called the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, will include the Homeland Security and Defense secretaries, as well as other subject matter experts in the private sector.

The group will be directed to deliver Trump a report on FEMA that includes recommended changes — …