President Trump’s first week in office was nothing short of extraordinary in its broad yet targeted attacks on the federal status quo and the deep state. Last Friday, following a whirlwind tour of North Carolina and California disaster sites, Trump said out loud what many emergency management experts have been thinking for some time: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is failing, and its core mission needs to be scrutinized and revised.
The president’s comments were followed by the announcement of a high-level commission charged with analyzing FEMA’s recent performance and suggesting fundamental changes to how the agency functions.
This is all positive news, because the current FEMA model does not work and is ripe for overhaul. But the pivot to the commission model is a bit surprising in light of Trump’s other actions last week, which included…
