Nope. Part of the plan. His sponsors will help him rebuild, all the neighboring buildings being wiped out will let him buy more land on the cheap.
He knows his voters will let it slide.
Until his voters can't find food, shelter, or even a hot shower after a hurricane. The oligarchs are in it for themselves. The orange moron has no power over them to get money from them. They control him, a puppet on a string.
The Gestapo actions will not work in the US. ClusterFucks will be snafu.
That would require his marks to admit to themselves, and publicly, that they were fooled.
Sadly historically I am worried they will rather go the usual way and blame anyone else than the culprit, to avoid having to admit to being fooled. Immigrants, minorities, foreigners...
Sounds fine to me. My state, New York State, would be the 10th largest economy in the world if it were its own country. In 2024, New York's gross state product (GSP) was $2.284 trillion, making it the third largest economy in the US. I think we'll be alright. And CA will be alright, too. 😉
Then California needs to stop paying taxes to the federal gov’t. We just need to take care of our own. Let states like Kentucky and Mississippi take care of themselves.
No because they will believe the first limp-dick lie about the situation they find themselves in. For example, look at how many years in a row they keep electing the same criminal Republicans that scam them out of opportunities the blue states have had for years. I'm not sure they can learn.
There's no possible way he doesn't allocate money to Texas and Florida specifically. The way I'm digesting this is his way of saying "I will allocate all FEMA funds to red states"
Except that Trump could then dole out aid to any States that support him the most (Texas and Florida), and deny any blue States. That's harder to do with a federal law.
states should not give any federal tax money in that case. Red states should take care of their own problems and get no funds from states either. That needs to be said immediately. And seriously california, oregon and washington should just join canada. It’s actually a very solid scenario.
It is all part of his plan to take over everything in this country. He thinks because he's the commander in chief he controls all three legs of government.
The GOP is letting him
Once he has a grip on everything in this country he will declare himself King. Mein Kempf is his bible, Evil Drumpf
Divide and conquer. Does that mean blue states withholding federal funds? Hmm. Sounds like a scheme to cripple federal government using its own people.
Trump is bringing Americans to a choice point. Do we follow his orders or create a new society that benefits all people? Everybody needs to play their part in this historic choice point. United we stand, divided we fall.
Federal support for CA’s recovery from the horrific fires is likely at risk. And yes, you are correct about the CA economy’s size and importance to federal revenues. But it might not matter to Trump.
Holy crap! That is the opposite of what's needed. Emergency crews are already flown in from all over the country to wherever there's an emergency, but also from other countries. Placing all that on individual states will be crippling.
We have a heartwarming dream... 🤗 Old people told us that if you want things very strong from deep in your heart, dreams can come true (if not I hope for "America the land of unlimited possibilities" 😳) The alternative would be voodoo, but I have no idea about that 🤔
Welp California is already taking care of their own since tRump keeps trying to tie our emergency fund into raising the debt ceiling. Newsom is doing a great job. The sad part is if we’re funding ourselves, what’s going to happen to red states. 🤷🏼♀️
Newsom is a pro. I think Dem governors have been coordinating with each other for something like this since the election. I live in Minnesota. We don’t have a lot of FEMA requests but red states do. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. They voted for this.
His ratings are tanking and I'm sure the Trump propaganda is working in California. If we're gunna make sure Newsom keeps his position and it doesn't fall into bad hands, we need to do everything we can to make sure EVERYONE votes against Republicans and weak Dems, especially non-voters.
It's in Project 2025. Each state taking care of its own natural disaster relief. Instead of getting funds from FEMA to help get back on their feet, people can apply for a "low interest" loan through the private sector for financial assistance - which makes CEOs richer when natural disasters hit.
Sorry, Florida, but your favorite resident has just tried to deny FEMA ability to help out with the how many hurricanes that strike your state every year. That’s your FU from DJT at MAL.
not to mention that since he is shutting down the agencies that watch for and warn of incoming storms, they won't have the ability to prepare for them.
Hurry everyone figure out how much that should decrease your Fed income taxes & then if it gets done send that to your state to help cover your states.
Of course, FL might be an exception he'll say is "special" later on. Even FL doesn´t have the means on its own to deal with 100% rebuilding after a hurricane.
All those red states that voted for him every time he ran will pay the steepest price now. I am sad for those fools, but sadder more for the people there who voted against him and ALL of the children who are going to suffer the most.
Just a thought.. since there are so many of us here on bluesky, and drumpf always complains when Google searches trend against him.. what if we all just decided for the next few days to just Google the words: "Trump is a pussy ass bitch" nothing more, nothing less. Just those words over and over?!
I like your thought, but a lot of people, that doesn’t want to use that kind of language, will opt out.
I think you could get a lot more traction with the search “Is Trump or Musk President?” or “Is Trump stupid or senile?”
Oh absolutely.. but we all have to work one phrase at a time. We should create a list for each week on what we search.. so each week, one phrase against him trends. Then we move to the next. If we can do it for a min of 8 weeks, that'll mean for two months straight he will be triggered! #Goals lol
I understand that completely.. I ran out of room, or I would have suggested "trump is a PAB" as an alternative if someone doesn't feel right using the words!
I know you could never be speaking to me. California has paid her fair share if not over paid. Taxation without representation. If that clown wants states to take care of their own, then California with the 5th largest economy in the world will have no problem when we keep our federal tax money.
I'm not surprised. There are idiots amongst us that vote for this clown because they believe his TV show was real.
What he's doing now is following the plan set up by Hitler to take over the world. Read his manifesto. Try not to puke. It won't work because he is a child in a man's suit. F*** him.
He absolutely is. He wants states fighting each other. It’s his only way of controlling the poor red states that he brainwashed into voting for him by promising help and now here we are with the back peddling. He enjoys the suffering of others and sadly those who voted are now starting to realize it
Yes and that is his goal. Why do you think he's shining up to that a****** in North Korea and Putin and the other communist regimes? He's going to try and make us communist and then form a union of all these idiots countries. We're in for a rude awakening because of these maggot idiots.
They just plan on sucking the tax dollars from Blue states. I am still saying California & OR should start a strike. We stop paying taxes to the Fed government by way of our two state agreement that our states receive our Federal Taxes & our states pay out FEMA and Federal expenses in our states.
Wait until he realizes that it’s his voters that have been the hardest hit and they get the most federal funding. They’re going to love taking care of themselves.
Infantile, brain dead, can you imagine if we made Louisiana solely responsible for the response for Katrina or any of the other numerous hurricanes they have experienced? This level of stupidity actually hurts my brain, now I have to double my meditation time today.
But that's the whole point. Don't help rebuild after a disaster so developers and corporations can swoop in and buy up everything from desperate people.
If the federal government isn’t going to help the states, why should the states pay anything to the federal government.
It’s amazing how inept and dangerous this administration will be.
As an insurance adjuster this would be a nightmare for the south. Desantis better start coming up with a solution cuz once those hurricanes start hitting Florida will be on their own.
So in addition to the Gulf name-change, we’re now going to just be “SA” — not “USA”??🙄
He is aware… that the first word (and those 50 pesky stars on OUR FLAG 🙄 — which we know he loves so much… because he *hugged* it 😖) is: “UNITED”? Right???!!!!
So..um lol ok um.. I know this is dumb question asking if he has read anything but I have to agree with PM Elizabeth May paraphrasing Mr. Trump I suggest you get yourself a briefing on briefing on US history. I know she went on but we can just stop there.
Did he mention NOAA yet, that nest of lefty vipers? We don't need your damn commie hurricane warnings. Fuck you, deal with it. Yup, I'm in Fla, looking forward to watching these whiners flip out when help doesn't come. I'm smart enough to watch European models. These xenophobes won't figure it out.
Just reaffirming that he is President of the Confederate States of America end this Republic bullshit. His next historical feat is to change the history of the Civil War so that the Confederates won and he can be done with this Republic stuff post haste .
Well this would certainly screw all his cult followers. But, it’s not surprising because now that he got their vote and money, he no longer needs them. He’s already moved on to bigger and richer targets. His same old tricks all over again.
Why are you surprised? Getting rid of FEMA was always in Project 2025. I tried to tell this to my elderly mother who lives in Florida. She still voted for him.
Good luck Florida Louisiana, Alabama & Mississippi.
California & Texas can put together enough money to pay for their disasters yet FLAM the Carolinas and others will turn into wastelands
Yup that would be us 😩 And to think that we were 17th in education just 8 short years ago with a Democratic leadership is what kills me. Now we're last.
The 2020 derecho cost over $11 billion, one of the costliest storms ever and impacted multiple states. Not many in the US don't face one type of catastrophe or another.
Bring it. Please let’s enable red states to live on their own.
Except…. The concept of red and blue states is as broken as binary sexes. My deep blue city of Seattle has a 40% infection rate. Columbus Ohio has the same infection rate.
I live in a blue dot in Marion County in Indianapolis, Indiana and I’m fine with Marion County money staying in Marion county and all these little backwoods backwards red towns through the rest of Indiana can take care of themselves.
But but but…Joe Biden ‘denied FEMA’ to NC and Magas lost their 💩. Now it’s up to the states? You got what you wanted Magas. Now your poor dumb red states can support yourselves. Giddy up
WE MUST NOT GIVE ONE CENT TO FLORIDA OR THE BIBLE BELT when the next series HURRICANE HITS. Hurricanes did $500 BILLION IN DAMAGE in 2024, let Ron DeSATANIST" DeSantis and Evangelical SATANIC MESSIAH Donald Trump foot the bill for the next series of hurricanes.
I can’t wait until all of the NC Maga who have done nothing but complain about not receiving ‘enough’ aid and have constantly complained about having CA in the news now (‘what about us?) , suddenly lose what aid they are still receiving.
No. He doesn't really care about any of that. He only cares about $$$. FEMA doesn't give him leverage over foreign leaders or other organizations to get something. You see, FEMA helps desperate citizens, not the Broligarchy. So he will keep our tacx $ but cut our programs. It is the plan.
Oh… also, I believe FEMA maintains a huge recovery office in cooperation with state officials - in Baton Rouge, LA.
No f**king way Trump will take that away from Louisiana, which is chock full of loyal MAGAs who want that federal money to rebuild their homes… over and over and over again…
The fact that they were already the poorest states is a big reason why we are here. Red state governments keep their people poor and uneducated because manipulating them is easier. So making them worse off may not yield favorable results.
He thinks he’s targeting California, totally not realizing he’d be screwing many more states that voted for him. I’d like to see how this plays out, honestly.
California and other Blue States should pounce on it. Redistribute FEMA assets according to budget contribution. Sponsor ads in Red States. "When the next Hurricane comes, you will not get any help. Thank your Orange God with your dying breath.".
When local government is responsible for 'local' problems, it's much easier to distance yourself from the failings (read complete disinterest) of your own government.
This is, BTW, very Putinist of Trump.
Lately, Russia state more or less stopped fulfilling several crucial country-wide duties (like fighting wildfires and helping internally-displaced people) - despite being a supercentralized economy.
All the "wins" are Kremlin's, all the fails are the governors'.
Well, tbh, governors in Russia are appointed by Putin (as are all mayors) and lack real power - unlike in the US.
But watch out for Trumpists' trying to change that as well🤔
Yeah, that's what I meant, just phrased it poorly. What I mean is the fed can legally opt out of giving the citizens of a state the benefit of services paid for by taxes, but individuals cannot legally stop paying federal taxes.
No, a lot of folks are suggesting it likes it's an option. I'm not sure there's any way CA can retaliate if the administration withholds aid, which at the moment it seems they intend to do.
This will not apply evenly.
Kiss Dear Leaders taint and you will still receive crumbs.
Oppose Dear Leader and learn to suffer, until you bend the knee.
Regardless of how this shakes out, Quid Pro Quo will be the new norm. They have already alluded to adding "conditions" to California disaster aid.
Yup! Red states will suffer when blue states stop funding them and making up for their shortfalls. Blue states support one another while red states try to figure it out.
God he’s an idiot. OK, so California can keep the money they give to the federal government to fight our own fires. Fine. We’ve got plenty. The only problem is we like helping others, and that move would screw many of the other states.
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He knows his voters will let it slide.
The Gestapo actions will not work in the US. ClusterFucks will be snafu.
Sadly historically I am worried they will rather go the usual way and blame anyone else than the culprit, to avoid having to admit to being fooled. Immigrants, minorities, foreigners...
He knows the majority did not vote for him.
Psychological warfare is what he's doing to them. Trying to break them apart.
There's no way in hell that he won't sacrifice the maggots again like he did as his inaugural
But they will still follow and target anyone but him. "Good Tzar, Bad Boyars" and all that.
Except now the beacon is showing what exactly not to do.
"I'd rather the USA collapse & see every state fend for themselves."
Sad irony that the first Republican president saved the Union, and the last may well sunder it.
We renamed it Norway pond. Then we renamed it again to Fuck Off America Lake.
We held a vote.
I’m shaking my head in disbelief
The GOP is letting him
Once he has a grip on everything in this country he will declare himself King. Mein Kempf is his bible, Evil Drumpf
It’s been nice knowing you.
California can stop sending our $$ to federal Gov to give it to the Red Welfare states,
No problem POS traitor #47,
Well just keep our $$ & You MAGA dicks deal with your own problems,
For my friends, FEMA. For my enemies, you're on your own.
Good job brownie!
I want FEMA to help states that support me and the rest can go fuck themselves!!!
I think you could get a lot more traction with the search “Is Trump or Musk President?” or “Is Trump stupid or senile?”
But, comrade, who will take care of the interstate road system? But comrade, have you lost your f****** mind?
The internal cohesion of this country is important. It is fragile right now. Destruction is on you.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kushner-stockpile-hhs-website-changed-echo-comments-federal/story?id=69936411
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/963207129/usda-research-agencies-decimated-by-forced-move-undoing-the-damage-wont-be-easy
What he's doing now is following the plan set up by Hitler to take over the world. Read his manifesto. Try not to puke. It won't work because he is a child in a man's suit. F*** him.
TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, and GA might want to review their budgets…
Make an issue out of it, and get the media coverage so everyone knows who's paying and who's freeloading
It’s amazing how inept and dangerous this administration will be.
Let's do this.
He is aware… that the first word (and those 50 pesky stars on OUR FLAG 🙄 — which we know he loves so much… because he *hugged* it 😖) is: “UNITED”? Right???!!!!
FFS 🤬
Or a long 6 months …
health care policy U turns and now this
That’s not a big enough insurance pool to be sustainable.
Oh, and FladiDUH?
(But then again, Florida has been a fact-free governance for so long ...)
So... here we go AGAIN!
Same as the pandemic. So I guess he really wants states to stop thinking of themselves as part of anything "united".
California & Texas can put together enough money to pay for their disasters yet FLAM the Carolinas and others will turn into wastelands
FAFO florida
https://archive.is/20241214035608/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/florida-government-shutdown-marianna.html#selection-1555.120-1555.171
FAFO.
🤔😉
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Sending money to the fed and start to grow it’s military
Except…. The concept of red and blue states is as broken as binary sexes. My deep blue city of Seattle has a 40% infection rate. Columbus Ohio has the same infection rate.
Puerto Rico should try to get Denmark to take them even without a trade for Greenland.
“That’s a nice state you have there. Sure would be a shame if something happens to it.”
It's extremely important
https://bsky.app/profile/futureeuropa.fellas.social/post/3lgf63cn2xk27
Send states power and dissolve the federal government. #NationalDivorce.
If FEMA goes away, silver lining is Louisiana will be reclaimed by Mother Nature within a few decades. A lot of the Gulf Coast, in fact.
No f**king way Trump will take that away from Louisiana, which is chock full of loyal MAGAs who want that federal money to rebuild their homes… over and over and over again…
Never been happier to live in Commiefornia. I only hope our leaders can lead by example and not kiss the ring
Lately, Russia state more or less stopped fulfilling several crucial country-wide duties (like fighting wildfires and helping internally-displaced people) - despite being a supercentralized economy.
All the "wins" are Kremlin's, all the fails are the governors'.
But watch out for Trumpists' trying to change that as well🤔
I kinda do observations for a living.
Kiss Dear Leaders taint and you will still receive crumbs.
Oppose Dear Leader and learn to suffer, until you bend the knee.
Regardless of how this shakes out, Quid Pro Quo will be the new norm. They have already alluded to adding "conditions" to California disaster aid.