Trump Says FEMA Phaseout to Begin After Hurricane Season

Technicians monitor Hurricane Ian inside the National Response Coordination Center at the FEMA headquarters in Washington, DC, on Sept. 28, 2022.Photographer: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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By Skylar Woodhouse, Lauren Rosenthal, and Brian K Sullivan

June 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM UTC

President Donald Trump said his team will move forward with winding down much of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — but not until after a hurricane season that some projections show could be particularly deadly.

“We’re going to do it much differently,” Trump said Tuesday at the White House, adding that he would like to see FEMA largely eliminated “after the hurricane season.”