The president has had harsh words for state and local leaders in California amid the deadly blazes. He recently suggested that any federal aid could come with strings.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states for eligible recovery efforts after major disasters, contrary to posts online saying FEMA has “no money” to respond to the wildfires in southern California.

President Donald Trump will visit California to see the damage caused by wildfires around Los Angeles. FEMA has been involved in response efforts there.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledged government support and sparred with Democratic officials.

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.

and then FEMA gets here and they don’t know the area, they’ve never been to the area,” he added. After North Carolina, the president traveled to California where he was warmly welcomed by ...

“JUST IN: Biden just announced California fire victims are being given $770,” tweeted Nick Sortor, a self-described “independent journalist.” “Barely a FEW NIGHTS in a hotel out here in LA. Why are Americans given pennies while foreigners are given blank checks?!”

Southern California residents are being proactive about new fire threats while others are in the process of healing and recovering from what has burned down.

In an interview on Fox News this week, Trump said “FEMA is getting in the way of everything,” and suggested that he would withhold assistance from California. Congressional Democrats have shar ...

That has left Trump more emboldened than ever — and with a long to-do list. He's launched into a frenetic pace of appearances that is a dramatic departure from his predecessor, Joe Biden, who often faded from public view by his own staff's design.