“I'll run directly over you”: New Fema head problems that Trump critics warns | Donald Trump News

The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) in the United States has warned his employees that he will not tolerate any resistance to President Donald Trump's agenda for the organization.

Friday was the first full day of David Richardson's lead in the Fema after the agency had seen a shock to her helmet at the beginning of this week. But he started his term as a head with a strong warning for the agency.

“I am alone in the Fema speaking for the Fema. I am here to carry out the President's intention for the Fema,” he said, according to the employees in an agency.

He predicted that 20 percent of the Trump Personnel Vision for the Fema, which he promises to dismantle, would pronounce.

“Disacification, delay, undermining. If you are one of these 20 percent of people and the tactics and techniques help you, you won't be because I will run directly above you,” said Richardson.

“Don't get in the way,” he added. “I know all the tricks.”

The Fema is the agency, which is commissioned to coordinate and implement the Federal Government's reaction to natural disasters and other emergencies that range from hurricanes and floods to domestic attacks.

However, it has long been criticized for delay times, inadequate resources and disorganization, especially in large disasters such as hurricane Katrina from 2005, which replaced tens of thousands of inhabitants in Louisiana and killed more than 1,300 people.

Trump has reacted to such criticisms by committed to reducing the Fema as a whole and redistribating its functions in individual states.

“If there is a problem with the state, I think that this problem should be maintained by the state,” said Trump in January. “We have states for this. They take care of problems. And a governor can deal with something very quickly, do you know?”

During his re -election in 2024, he also spread lies about the agency, including the refusal of the republican residents in North Carolina, who had recently widespread floods from Hurricane Helene.

Since taking office in January, Trump has been pursuing his plans to restructure the federal government and the reduction of funds and employees to independent companies such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAI) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Trump and his allies have classified the cuts as necessary to combat “fraud” and “waste” throughout the government, although he has not presented any final evidence of misconduct.

The Fema ended or accepted an estimated 2,000 employees in order to receive a resignation. In a report on accountability of 2023, the FEMA only had 5,000 full -time employees and a group of reservists and emergency workers who could be appointed to combat a crisis.

In order to become the Fema administrator, a hearing must be subjected to confirmation from the Senate and a vote.

But while these hearings of the Senate are continued for high-ranking government positions, Trump has meanwhile named interim managers to rule the organization.

Cameron Hamilton, a former Navy Seal, has served in this role since Trump began his second term.

He had been a prominent critic of the Fema during the administration of former President Joe Biden. But his time as the Fema boss came to a standstill at the beginning of this week after an appearance in front of an appropriation under committee in the House of Representatives.

At the hearing on Wednesday, a democratic representative, Rosa Delauro from Connecticut, asked Hamilton for the idea that the Fema could be closed.

Hamilton reacted with measured opposition. “I don't think it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the federal administrative agency of the federal government,” he said.

He added that it was ultimately not his decision to make and criticize the Fema as part of a “overstretched German bureaucracy”.

“I am unable to make decisions and to influence the results of whether a determination how this should be made.

But the next day, Hamilton was removed from his role as the main head of the Fema and replaced by Richardson, a marine veteran.

Critics, including the representative Delauro, have not tolerated the replacement as an indication of a white house that also tolerates Dissens if necessary.

“The Trump government must explain why [Hamilton] Was removed from this position, “said Delauro in a statement.” Integrity and morality you shouldn't cost your job. “

With his fiery Friday, Richardson has set a stricter tone for his term for his term. He warned the Fema employees that all actions that are not “within our missions” were regarded as a waste of tax money.

“We will find out how we can do things better. We will find out how we can press things into the states that should be carried out at the state level. We will also find out how we can share more costs with the states,” he said.

Trump was criticized for this. Several deaths were reported.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, who worked as Trump's press spokesman during his first term, wrote to the president to appeal against his rejection of the help.

“Since 2023, Arkansas has remedied an unprecedented frequency of disasters with four physically declared disasters and ten disasters.

“Many Arkansans still live under temporary conditions or repair compensation from previous events, just to be sold or affected again. The state and its citizens urgently need support to recover, to build up again and to reduce further losses.”