B b but Trump claimed he never heard of project 2025. He wouldn't just lie to the American people right?

Maybe there are some buddies of the trump crime family that would be happy to privatize aid to disaster victims for a nice fee, and trump would like to withhold or bestow aid on States and individual officials that kiss his ass. So you bet the Left Coast won't be getting any, but Mar a Lago will get a new roof every year.

Nah, it's just really hard to steal from it without people noticing.

I would bet it was as stupid as someone (or even naturally by group via social media) inventing a narrative during the Biden administration because everything he does is evil. Then the destruction of the agency being the natural conclusion of said narrative. It wins points for Trump since people living in that reality see this as a win over evil.

Then later, when it all blows up, likely during the next hurricane, they can just figure someone else to blame. Everything is probably purely off the cuff.

It's what con men do. Just roll with everything and keep it up for as long as they can. It's worked for Trump his entire life.

I'll miss me, but also not really. I've already accepted that I'm probably gonna die before Trump is out of office—I don't know if it's better to go out in a concentration camp or some unmanaged aftermath of a natural disaster.

Yeah that's not how this plays out. This will only affect states that he wants it to to affect, and when.

Funds for me, not for thee.

Nah, "get rid of FEMA" has been a thing for a long while, since before 2000. The issue is FEMA looks like a giant black box that does nothing but suck money when they aren't being actively used, at least to the layperson, and when they ARE engaged with a disaster, people don't get that it's almost always local aid networks and such that actually handle distributing things because they know their town and the people who need help better than FEMA does, so they still look like all they're doing is dumping truckloads of supplies off in the middle of the area. They also buy scary things like body bags (because natural disasters tend to wind up with a lot of dead bodies), making dumb people think they have some ulterior, sinister motives (see X-Files).

Probably priorities. Probably the exact opposite of what they claim.

Don’t forget the part where Trump said he didn’t see the point in having federal emergency response people ready to rush in and help. People who would evaluate need and get help where it’s most important …. Instead of what Trump co siders mpst important.

I call uno reverse on these claims that fema only helps the wealthy rather than those who need it most. That is what is not happening, yet. That is what will be happening

Fun fact, it just snowed in Houston. Surprisingly went okay. Not to defend the Texas power grid. I still had random power outages all year. But it did survive some snow. So that was nice.

They'll just pull themselves up by their... wait

Oh no it'll be fun.

He'll get rid of FEMA, and just throw money at the states he likes. Of course the real trick is, his buddies in the States he likes will just pocket the money.

Nobody gets helped, horrible press all over the place. Lots of disenfranchised red voters.

Won't turn them blue, But they might be less likely to vote.

Yeah, they're not cutting subsidies to businesses, rolling back tax breaks, or anything that affects the deep pockets. Nope. They're cutting stuff that helps people at home and abroad. Cut FEMA here, cut foreign aid. Eliminating housing and food help.

It's almost like we are losing the cold war in real time.

This is money that will just stay with the states. For the best for places like California and Washington. For the worst for places like Florida.

Which is to say that this is terrible, but if states aren't giving money to FEMA, the money will stay there.

This 1million%

Also grew up being promised that any day now, 1) Bill Clinton will take all the guns, and 2) We'll go to FEMA camps to get gassed. It was all part of the UN Agenda 21 thing that George HW Bush/Clintons/Soros/CNN/Bill Gates and the New World Order One-World-Government are bringing.

Except none of that ever happened. Hm....were those guests on Art Bell in 1998 possibly....wrong?

And yet, 30 years later, here we are.

I think you misunderstand his goal here. This won't stop him from giving aid to the people/states who help him. This will only stop FEMA helping everyone unconditionally. He isn't trying to stop aid. He's trying to stop aid without strings attached. This is a power play.

...again

So maybe that - and trump can also withhold money from states that don't kiss his ass. Think of it this way...if people are hit hard by some disaster and the state can only do so much, trump can just say your governor sucks, get rid of him/her and I'll see that you get money from the fed. Trump puts a favored talibangelical candidate forward, and sees what happens.

Okay I feel what you're saying, but also know that not every person in those states is not a trump loving sycophant.

I live in a blue island in Alabama and this is very disheartening news, most of my family and friends are bluer than blue. So I'd appreciate if everyone on the left didn't look at red states the exact same way people on the right look at red states.

Xi and Trump seem to coordinate pretty closely. If Trump weakened US cohesiveness and Xi stepped in, Trump would thank him and kiss his ass.

I remember a story about a remote town that needed a bridge replaced. And the federal government was dragging their feet about it until the town wrote to the Soviet Union about helping them build the bridge.

California already is having those discussions. They’re collecting required signatures.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/california-secede-2028-ballot-measure-allowed-to-get-signatures/

Here in Michigan I am all for it. Fuck these stupid ass southern morons, I don’t want to share anything with them let alone a country. Fuck off and no you can’t have our water, eat shit redneck.

Putin wins

The plan is to give money to states that kiss trump’s ass, and none for the blue states or cities that don’t.

Now we know where they’ll put those accused of illegal immigration.

The monkey's paw curls.

By July, the southeastern United States is battered by storm after storm. The Gulf Coast and much of Florida are devastated, with levees failing, cities flooding, and millions displaced. The media dubs it "The Year of the Tempest."

With much of the southeastern U.S. uninhabitable, millions of displaced people flee their homes to other states. Entire communities pack what little they can carry and flee inland. Many seek refuge in neighboring states, but the sheer volume of displaced people overwhelms resources. The refugees keep moving, spreading across the country, heading as far as California and the Midwest.

At first, they are met with compassion. Towns open their doors, offering shelters and supplies. But the strain is enormous. Schools overflow, hospitals run out of beds, and housing markets skyrocket.

The social fabric begins to tear. The newcomers carry with them not just their belongings, but their political and cultural beliefs. Many are deeply conservative, opposed to the progressive policies in the states that take them in. School boards clash over curriculum changes. Gun laws, environmental regulations, and LGBTQ+ rights become battlegrounds in communities that had once considered these issues settled.

What starts as a humanitarian crisis quickly becomes a cultural and political one.

By the end of the year, the consequences of the wish are undeniable. Many states see their progressive majorities evaporate. Refugees from the southeastern U.S., driven by desperation and fear, vote in droves to undo the policies of their host states. Climate action bills are tabled as state legislatures pivot to immigration control and oil subsidy.

Meanwhile, the southeastern states, still battered and uninhabitable, become a no-man’s-land, a haunting reminder of the devastation. The hurricanes force millions to leave, but the political ideologies that resist change endure, spreading like a second storm across the country.

Weather patterns put us on track for that

It's established what happens should a state decide to secede. There was a war fought over it. It's not worth speculating about unless it's happening.

It's very demonstrably how that works in the context of recent US history. It shouldn't, but it does.

In other words: It is exactly how it works.

That is how it works as long as no one does anything to stop it.

Same as how Trump is not eligible to be President by the constitution, but that didn't stop him.