June 18, 2025
At a June 10, 2025 White House Press Conference to discuss the upcoming wildfire season, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, speaking to President Trump, said "You've been very clear that you want to see FEMA eliminated as it exists today, so I'm preparing all these governors that they will have more control over the decision on how they respond to their communities so that they can help it happen faster, that they can pre-deploy resources and help coordinate on communication as well." She went on to say that they are preparing the States to "stand on their own two feet, with the federal government coming in in catastrophic circumstances with funding." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AreL82R-LFY).