Donald Trump/claims/FEMA funding

Donald Trump's claims about FEMA funding

Claims

On 2025-01-08, Trump claimed that:

there was no water in the fire hydrants (implicit: in California, especially in the wildfire areas)
there was no money left in FEMA

Although 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.

2025/01/11 15:06 UTC [L..T] Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy «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."»
2025/01/08 14:25 UTC [L..T] @realDonaldTrump/posts/113794373085936970 [full text] «NO WATER IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS, NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE!»