President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the FEMA Review Council, which will be tasked with reviewing several aspects of the agency for drastic improvements.

President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.

Trump says "FEMA is not good" and he plans to overhaul or eliminate the agency as he tours disaster ravaged zones in North Carolina and California

Speaking to reporters, the president predicted future disasters would need “probably less FEMA, because FEMA just hasn’t done the job. And we’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

At a briefing in the Asheville area, the president suggested he may sign an executive order to “begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA — or maybe getting rid of FEMA.”

In North Carolina Friday, President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order aimed at what he said would address problems inherent to FEMA.

Trump complained that long permitting processes and late arrival from FEMA agents have delayed homeowners from being able to start rebuilding.

President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, just days after he floated shuttering the agency whose resources are strained following multiple weather-related disasters and which is burdened by past failures in handling massive storms.

US President Donald Trump has been extremely critical of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and has proposed “getting rid of it”.

Washinngton DC: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a review council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on January 26, shortly after stating he was thinking about 'eliminating' the key organization that responds to disasters, even labeling it a 'major disappointment.’