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NEW: Trump to sign EO placing states, localities in charge of disaster response as FEMA under review

"This Order restores state, local, and individual empowerment in disaster preparedness."

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"This Order restores state, local, and individual empowerment in disaster preparedness."

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President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Monday that will place states and local governments in charge of disaster relief, coming as he has ordered a review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

According to Fox News, as Trump signs executive orders on Monday, one will state: "This Order restores state, local, and individual empowerment in disaster preparedness and response, and injects common sense into infrastructure prioritization and strategic investments through risk-informed decisions that make our infrastructure, communities, and economy more resilient to global and dynamic threats and hazards."

The order hands authority over to the states and local governments for disaster relief instead of placing the federal government in charge of the fallout and functions with the federal government will be "streamlined" to deal with disasters in communities like floods and fires.

The order also details a National Resilience Strategy that outlines "priorities, means, and ways to advance the resilience of the nation" as well as reviewing risks to important national infrastructure.

This comes as the president signed an executive order in January to have a council "drastically" improve FEMA after the agency was slammed for political bias as well as reported dysfunction in its response to Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene.

"Despite obligating nearly $30 billion in disaster aid each of the past three years, FEMA has managed to leave vulnerable Americans without the resources or support they need when they need it most," his previous order stated. "There are serious concerns of political bias in FEMA. Indeed, at least one former FEMA responder has stated that FEMA managers directed her to avoid homes of individuals supporting the campaign of Donald J. Trump for President."

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