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Government

Unlawful

Find a reason for cutting FEMA in half

Cut half the disaster workforce first, then look for a reason.

Executive owner
Homeland Security / FEMA Optimization
Status
Unlawful
Due
Before the next disaster season
Paying for it
States, survivors and remaining responders

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office6:16 AM

Homeland Security picked fifty percent. FEMA asked why.

DJT
Donald J. Trump6:18 AM

HALF, very strong start.

F
FEMA6:27 AM

FEMA leadership did not make the decision it was told to make.

EO
Executive Office6:39 AM

Officials moved staffing discussions to disappearing Signal messages.

DJT
Donald J. Trump6:41 AM

Always MORE People, Desks, another Building with terrible Carpet! I say Half, suddenly everybody describes their Job in INCREDIBLE Detail..... best Job Descriptions I ever heard.

EO
Executive Office6:51 AM

The judge asked for a reason. There wasn't one.

DJT
Donald J. Trump6:53 AM

Don't delete the Message with the REASON, apparently we need the Reason...

PUBLIC RECORD

A federal judge ruled that DHS unlawfully directed FEMA to cut its workforce roughly in half without a rational basis. The judge also faulted officials for using Signal and deleting staffing-related messages.

Reuters · 2026-09-12 ↗