DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, says Trump wants the Fema “ Refait “‘not dismantled

Internal security secretary Kristi Noem said on Sunday that President Donald Trump wanted the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be “redone” rather than completely dismisser.

“I think the president recognizes that fema should not exist as it has always been. The floods of Texas.

Trump has already criticized the FEMA, which is part of the Ministry of Internal Security, and has been reflecting on possibly “Get rid” of the agency, which administers emergency aid. Noem also said that the administration Eliminate FEMA.

Asked about “Meet The Press” a second time if Trump no longer wanted to end the agency, Noem reiterated that she thought that the president “wanted him to be redone so that it is an agency that is new in the way he unfolds and supports states”.

In the aftermath of the Texas floods, which have killed at least 129 people with 166 missing, the administration moved away from its hard rhetoric targeting the agency. Noem told journalists on Saturday that the federal response to Texas would be how Trump is considering “what fema would look like in the future”.

This is far from the way the president has already targeted the agency. Just days In his second mandate, he said, “Fema really dropped us, dropped the country.” The same day, Trump signed a directing order a “Large -scale review“From Fema.

Noem also recognized the reports from NBC News And other points of sale that the secretary requires that she has personally signed on all agencies that spend more than $ 100,000.

“The signing of $ 100,000 concerns each contract which involves the Ministry of Internal Security,” said Noem.

“It is a responsibility on the contracts that go ahead,” added Noem. “But there was no break in the contracts. These contracts were approved as soon as they were in front of me, and FEMA knew that they had to deploy them fully when local officials asked for the request.”

In the aftermath of the deadly floods, some Democrats criticized the administration’s response, with senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Go so far as to say that Noem should resign.

Noem answered Warren on Sunday, brushing the comment while laughing.

“I don’t care what she thinks,” said Noem, adding that there was “no” chance that she will resign.

Governor Andy Beshear, D-Ky., Said later “Meet The Press” that it was important “that we understood that we learn” floods. He highlighted previously fatal floods in Kentucky, saying: “We asked each question afterwards. We did not hesitate to do anything.”

“What I hope is that people embrace the questions because questions should not be political football and should not be,” said Beshear. “Is it” how to do better? How do we save more lives? How can we get a better weather forecast? Do we have enough people at the National Weather Service? Can we deploy ourselves faster than us this time? “All these things are legitimate.”

Noem calls “Alligator Alcatraz” of secure installations “, not” prison cells “

Noem responded on Sunday to the criticism of what the administration calls “Alligator Alcatraz”, an immigrant detention center in Florida. Some Democrats have criticized the conditions of the center, with Debbie Wasserman Schultz representativeD-Fla., Call them “really appalling”.

Noem argued that standards in federal detention centers “are extremely high”. The “Alligator Alcatraz” installation is managed by the stateWhat Noem recognized.

Wasserman Schultz, who visited the installation with other Florida Democrats, said prisoners were “essentially wrapped in cages” which contained more than 30 people each.

“Mural humans,” Wasserman Schultz said on Saturday.

Noem said that she “would not call them prison cells”, adding: “I would call them an establishment where they are held and which are secure facilities, but are held at the highest levels of what the federal government needs for detention facilities.”

The secretary said that the administration plans to establish additional detention centers, and encouraged people to “self-work”.