Episode 44: Inside FEMA’s Collapse Under Trump

Send us Fan MailFEMA was once America’s safety net. Under Trump, it’s being hollowed out. In this episode, Bella Goode reveals how leadership purges, political interference, and slashed resilience programs are dismantling the nation’s disaster response system—right as climate chaos hits harder than ever. What happens when help no longer comes?Key Takeaways To Listen ForHow Trump’s second term triggered a full-scale leadership purge at FEMAThe creation of the FEMA Review Council and its agenda to shrink or dismantle the agencyWhy morale has collapsed as 2,000+ staff and potentially a third of the workforce exit the agencyThe suspension of Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities cutting off pre-disaster fundingNew restrictions and political strings tied to federal disaster grants and declarationsResources Mentioned In This EpisodeBuilding Resilient Infrastructure and CommunitiesICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementHomeland SecurityJoin the CommunitySubscribe to Surviving Trump on Substack to keep me churning. bellagoodepodcast.substack.comKnow someone who thinks Project 2025 won’t affect them? Share this episode. Help them see the full picture.Join me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SurvivingTrump?Join me on X  https://x.com/bella_good3658Join me on Linked In   Https://www.linkedin.com/in/survivingtrumpSupport the showBella Goode is a pseudonym — but the voice, research, and mission are all real. A Republican turned Democrat advocate in 2016, I was raised by middle class parents in Pennsylvania.  I’m a former marketing executive, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner with an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s in Psychology from Penn. I spent decades telling stories in the business world; now I use those skills to connect the dots in American politics.I’m here because the truth matters — and because the stakes have never been higher. Surviving Trump isn’t lighthearted. It’s clarity, evidence, and a fight for the future of our democracy.Follow my blog on Substack https://survivingtrumppodcast.substack.com