From MSNBC: Trump and Noem’s attacks on FEMA blew up in the most predictable way

“There is a larger lesson here. Undermining the federal government, treating its career employees poorly, discarding years of institutional knowledge and cutting spending for the sake of cutting spending might seem like good politics, until you need the federal government. And when it comes to responding to natural disasters, only the federal government is capable of marshaling the necessary capabilities and expertise undermining the federal government might seem like good politics, until you need the federal government.”