Cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/fact-check-trump-california-wildfires-fema

Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy 2025/01/11 15:06

• URL: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/fact-check-trump-california-wildfires-fema/index.html
• Posted: 2025-01-11 10:06 AM EST (date: 2025/01/11)
• Topics: Donald Trump/claims/FEMA funding Donald Trump/claims/CA wildfires Donald Trump/claims/Gavin Newsom Donald Trump/claims/water restoration declaration Truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113794373085936970 Truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113793724958051185
• Summary: «Trump's claim is false. Though FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund was depleted last year by a series of major disasters, Biden signed a bill in December that replenished the fund. "The current balance of the Disaster Relief Fund is approximately $27 billion," FEMA told CNN in an email on Wednesday. That sum may well prove inadequate to meet the needs created by every disaster that ends up happening this year, but it’s not "no money."»

• author: Daniel Dale
• source: CNN