Trump in California: "You don't need FEMA. You need a good state government. And when you have a problem in Los Angeles, you have your own, essentially, FEMA. You fix it yourself."
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As a Californian I will advocate we stop sending our tax $ to the federal government if we can’t depend on it during a crisis like this. Just to make sure folks in the rest of the country get this: Californians pay >$500 billion/yr to the Feds. They need us more than we need them. 😎
Then Newsom should decree that CA's citizens will now stop paying into the Federal treasury and that money will be kept in CA to pay for disasters. In other words, do exactly what the president said.
He’s such a criminal. Someone or a group of people will stop him. This can’t go on. You can’t deny a state disaster relief as the pres of the US. I don’t care about his playbook & conniving behavior. He’s a F’cking moron.
Someone will stop muskrat first, then he wont be able to go on.
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He doesn’t know how to manage any disaster. That’s why he’s throwing it all to the states. To me, he’s the devil himself and muskrat is the sinister devil whisperer. Insults aside, I personally don’t think that this could possibly go on. He’s shoving everything thru before there’s even a reaction
The flip side of that coin is that, if you're a Blue Dot in a red state like Florida, you feel you're under siege and that you have to keep your head down. Redneck MAGgots in jacked-up pickups with loud mufflers, like American Taliban.
We're not all cult members in Florida, it just seems that way.
And, for what it's worth: A cooler climate would absolutely be a positive in the equation!! Even before Florida became a fascist hell-hole (it hasn't always been), the climate was something about Florida that made me want to relocate. 70% of the year I'm captive to air conditioning.
The irony is California does have it's own, competent version of FEMA. Losing FEMA funding would suck, but California would be just fine in a would without FEMA. Most other states wouldn't.
Yes let’s have FL, TX, AL, MS have their own 👐 essentially 👐 FEMA for the multiple hurricanes that hit them each year. Of course then, CA, NJ, NY and the other donor states would be encouraged to short their federal tax liability to fund their local disaster management program, or no?
"FEMA's no good, they don't know what they're doing. When I was there, they did know, but now they don't. I know best because my uncle taught at MIT, the smartest professor ever. We can get rid of it. In Florida, they can order a truckload of go-go dancer boots like Ron wears in the floods. Easy."
One that bans books
Dictates what women can do
Tells people of color that you aren't equal
Profits on schools, Medical Care and even incarceration
Recognizes a limited scope of religion
My state is the 5th largest economy in the world. Our GDP of ~$3.9 trillion and we have a good economic growth rate here. I’d advocate we just keep all our tax $ here in CA and let the rest of them deal with the fallout. I totally agree! Bring it!
He stuffed up there when he said people come down into Florida 😆 Had to stop himself. That implies Florida, is a badly run state too by his definition.
Malignant narcissism/pyschopathy on full display, combined with ignorance and cognitive impairment. And Trump feels no restraint now. Increasing disinhibition. He’s emboldened. We’re in big trouble.
1) I do agree that California doesn’t need advice from his bozos. Send us back our taxes paid for this & we are smart enough to do this yet AL, LA, MS .. Fox News told people in NC to not apply (they are the problem) FL … I was in Orlando a month after & the Hilton painted over black mold …
Trump, self-described expert on forest management, cited Finland's, now reported in hot water with the World Wildlife Fund
Sweden and Finland, EU's most forested countries, aren't doing enough to protect their primary & old-growth forests falling short of EU comm https://phys.org/news/2025-01-wwf-blasts-sweden-finland.html
Then he should be told to leave then, if he’s not there to help. Ca should withhold any aid to other states on the basis of saving up for future citizen assistance. Good luck Florida… no insurance no federal aid. Call uncle Elon.
If we have to rely on our state and not FEMA then remove our federal taxes. I mean I’m in Louisiana so I’m screwed but if he gets rid of FEMA I want a tax deduction. Wonder how he will like total shutdown of chem plants and refineries bc product can’t move on debris filled roads…
President felon already told them “I don’t care about you I only want your vote “at a rally. Let’s see what happens next in the red states. Just sayin.
He's ranting about how people from other states come to help out during natural disasters... 🤦 He's literally complaining that other people have a heart.
Sooooo, instead of CA sending their tax money out of state to prop up welfare states, they keep their taxes in disaster relief accounts. Cool...fuck you red states...take care of yourselves.
I wonder if he'd say the same if a CAT 4-5 hit Mar-a-Lego? Florida already has the highest insurance rates in the country and I doubt they have the funds to repair Trump's property while ignoring everyone else.
Every state would not have the funds, equipment, organization, or coordination to have their own equivalent of FEMA. Absolutely idiotic. You can see why none of his tangible businesses other than the scams have been successful.
That is good for a blue state like California that has a lot of money -- or at least would have a lot of money if they were able to stop financing disaster relief in red states. But what about red states that are too poor to fix things?
He is so stupid. No wonder he forbids anyone trying to show the world his school grades.
Most adolescents can figure out why FEMA for the entire country is far better off than state by state.
He is a disgusting human being. If he takes away FEMA, states need to keep their $$$ for disasters instead of sending it to bail out red states. Trump will take care of them I'm sure.
Somehow, he just doesn’t get that without a federal government working for the states with input from the states, the reason for the states to support the federal government fades.
If several million people suddenly stopped withholding Federal taxes (…and not spending it, just keeping it in savings) that would definitely get their attention.
Most people provide DC income all year. Not legally obligated to submit it till next April. Starve the regime till they provide relief.
Red states need assistance? Here, have all the money you want!
Blue states need assistance? Yeah, we're gonna have to see a few *cough* policy changes before the purse strings open.
Stop fucking trying to normalize this guy. Elected officials need to look right at him and tell him he's fucking stupid and that he doesn't understand a god damn thing. STOP IT WITH HIM!!
Why are there no questions why he is wearing the colors of a white supremacy organization…it’s like Wallace wearing a klan hood on the evening news …how do we just accept this?
California will fix it ourselves; we will just stop sending money to the federal government because we are no longer the United States and we will build a wall.
Yes, but we don't necessarily want that to happen. California could absolutely fund its own disaster relief, but I don't want Alabama to get fucked over because our president is a moron. Even if they voted for him.
Sick and tired of the left constantly trying to save the right from itself. They’re not children, let the experience the results of their actions. Elections have consequences, sometimes when you win, you might actually lose.
Shit like that is the only way we’re gonna get the other states to wake up and listen. It’s a hard lesson but needs to be done. Besides, the top states receiving aid are all red states. Let’s see what they’d do then
No we can’t. There are too many weather catastrophes for us to pay for all or our own disasters and everyone else’s.
Here’s an incomplete list of fema disasters that happened between Lahaina and Asheville: town of ruidoso destroyed, Roswell flooded, storm surge above a house in Galveston, houses
Flooded to roof at least 3x in Florida neighborhoods, massive tornadoes destroyed neighborhoods, 3 dams broke and sent floods downstream, strange not even hurricanes blew roofs off in Houston, fires in Louisiana and New York and wyoming(?) and Texas, baseball sized hail in Texas etc
None of our cities were designed for the weather we are getting now and we are barreling towards collapse. I think we are *already* losing infrastructure faster than we rebuild it.
It is not okay for california to pay for itself and everyone else.
Smh. He’s so embarrassing. I hope everyone is paying attention to what Elon is doing with different countries accords the world. He’s going heavy right. Like there’s an actual reason he did that salute.
They found his IQ test in records at his high school. His tested IQ is 73 which is considered mentally disabled. Also hides medical records which would show malignant narcissist, dementia, and. mental disability
So let’s keep the money we’d be sending to Washington to ourselves here in California. We’re supposed to be the UNITED states, but he’s clearly against that. Fuck him.
LA county alone recorded more votes (1.189+ million) for this (cough) person than the entire states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana combined. One county in California that he is now dissing because he thinks electoral maps, not people, vote. Sociopathic moron.
Keep that same energy for those states who received the most FEMA aid: Texas, Louisiana and Florida. Or tell that to all those people who were on spreading lies on SM and asking, "Where is FEMA?" during Hurricane Helene. Now they have the answer, "Fix it yourself!"
Did he tell NC to pull itself up by its own bootstraps, too?
No?
Well, I would have liked to be a fly on the wall when the Fourth Estate immediately and loudly called him out for his in presidential hypocrisy and failure to ensure that the laws are carried out.
We are going to get to a point where states leave the united states. The problem for the united states is its going to be the ones with the best economies.
Let me translate this….Blue states will not get FEMA assistance but will continue to pay for it. What does he plan to do about the fires in the National Forest? Hellooooo
California secession.
Who’s with me? We haven’t got time to try to convert a nation of fascists before climate catastrophe collapses our ecosystems, & this country is uninhabitable. California needs autonomy to aggressively mitigate climate change. 4 years time (if at all) is too late. #secession
....and THAT folks is why I run my own personal police force, fire department and EMT.
It costs me $500k a year, but I can manage ANY disasters myself, I don't need any state help, and when there are no disasters, they double as living garden ornaments and conversation pieces at soirees.
Well I don't think trump understands the difference between FEMA and state emergency response. FEMA makes plans and payments. Local, state, private and other federal resources actually do the work. I have never seen FEMA at a wildfire, but I do see them in the winter when we are planning.
He’s been using fake Melanias for years because she wants nothing to do with him and has her own boyfriend, who I assume doesn’t have a tiny mushroom penis.
Co president of United States of Saudi-Russia, donnie Fat Boy frump is a traitorous piece of shit. Now California has the green light to stop sending federal government any tax monies. It all goes to the rebuild and support of Los Angeles residents.... fuck frump...
Fine—Then I want a refund for all the FEMA money our taxes have paid for to all the red state disasters: hurricane this last year in NC; tornados in the Midwest; Katrina; the freeze in Texas in 2021; etc, etc
California needs to withhold federal funds to “fix it themselves”. What the hell does he think the federal govt is for? I know, he thinks the money that comes into the fed govt is his and his buddies piggy bank. Major grifters, all of them.
I hope someday trump feels a natural disaster so he can F around and find out. Most likely red state are going to continue to suffer. It just so happen that FEMA is too important and trump so useless.
Ah, isn’t that sweet. Cruella accompanied the emperor to lend an empathetic hand to those who have lost everything. She just exudes warmth and comfort. I hear the rattlesnakes raced toward her.
Some of the stuff Trump said sounded like “california should send money to the federal government and I won’t help california but I will give the money to Franklin Graham for red state relief.”
Sure we should just stop filling the federal coffers and take care of our own. Blue states will have the funds to handle disasters... Red states not so much. But hey, their president will take care of everything.
Hope he'll keep up the rhetoric when disaster strikes Florida and other Republican led states. They hate government helping people in need until it happens to them.
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Someone will stop muskrat first, then he wont be able to go on.
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Pin this comment when something happens to Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, etc.....
Something tells me it won't be the same.
We're not all cult members in Florida, it just seems that way.
Moving is quite impossible unless I win a lottery, or something.
https://www.kcra.com/article/california-ballot-initiative-independent-country/63536323
One that bans books
Dictates what women can do
Tells people of color that you aren't equal
Profits on schools, Medical Care and even incarceration
Recognizes a limited scope of religion
Sweden and Finland, EU's most forested countries, aren't doing enough to protect their primary & old-growth forests falling short of EU comm https://phys.org/news/2025-01-wwf-blasts-sweden-finland.html
“Fix it yourself”
Red States 👍
Blue States 🖕
Or Texas. Extreme cold weather in February lasts for a couple of weeks. Power goes down, like it always does. Sorry, Texans you're on your own.
His ‘promise’ lasted 3 days.
Dude, absolutely every person in that room knows you are talking out of your ass. Every single one.
Trump should just poop on the floor and wipe with the flag laugh and walk out. At least some honesty would be refreshing.
His second term is shaping up to be a right…👇
Parts of Florida are quite scary.
Most adolescents can figure out why FEMA for the entire country is far better off than state by state.
Hurricane season can’t get here fast enough
Most people provide DC income all year. Not legally obligated to submit it till next April. Starve the regime till they provide relief.
Red states need assistance? Here, have all the money you want!
Blue states need assistance? Yeah, we're gonna have to see a few *cough* policy changes before the purse strings open.
USA 2025 💩⚫️
There is no thinking through, stop looking for it.
Here’s an incomplete list of fema disasters that happened between Lahaina and Asheville: town of ruidoso destroyed, Roswell flooded, storm surge above a house in Galveston, houses
None of our cities were designed for the weather we are getting now and we are barreling towards collapse. I think we are *already* losing infrastructure faster than we rebuild it.
It is not okay for california to pay for itself and everyone else.
Just let California secede and charge America a tax for every single California export - wines, produce, entertainment...
Even without the “cringe” modifier.
No?
Well, I would have liked to be a fly on the wall when the Fourth Estate immediately and loudly called him out for his in presidential hypocrisy and failure to ensure that the laws are carried out.
Wait. Don't tell me.
It made all of the complaints about Biden by the repubs sound really really disconnected, since Biden released all funds and Trump hadn’t.
https://www.wbtv.com/story/35398478/99-percent-of-hurricane-matthew-aid-requested-by-nc-denied-by-trump-administration/?outputType=amp
FEMA uses a community chest for states who can't afford their own FEMA, from states who can.
Every idea he has screws the poor states.
https://Calexit.org
Who’s with me? We haven’t got time to try to convert a nation of fascists before climate catastrophe collapses our ecosystems, & this country is uninhabitable. California needs autonomy to aggressively mitigate climate change. 4 years time (if at all) is too late. #secession
http://calexitnow.org
I will vote for it anyway.
https://youtu.be/Pn0WdJx-Wkw?feature=shared
It costs me $500k a year, but I can manage ANY disasters myself, I don't need any state help, and when there are no disasters, they double as living garden ornaments and conversation pieces at soirees.
We don't need a better state government. We need you to give us OUR MONEY BACK so we can rebuild LA.
California: Secession is coming to the 2028 ballot.
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/california-secede-us/103-02a5eac9-4a23-4d91-84b3-78d6992c3c35