Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people

[FreeinChrist]

Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people

Latest denial of disaster funding comes as Trump has repeatedly stated he wants to eliminate Fema

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump has denied federal disaster relief funds to the people of Arkansas, which saw dozens of people die from a series of deadly tornadoes last month, as legislators plead for him to reconsider.​

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More than 40 people have been found dead after a series of tornadoes and severe storms hit Arkansas and neighboring states Mississippi and Missouri in March, according to CNN.​

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Given the scale of the disaster, the state’s Republican governor, Sarah Huckabee, requested federal disaster aid as a part of an emergency declaration. That request was later denied by the Trump administration.​

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Huckabee and other Arkansas lawmakers have since publicly asked Trump to reconsider his decision. Huckabee sent an appeal of the decision on 18 April.​

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Wow. If Biden had done this, or any other Democratic President, he'd had been 'tarred and feathered ' in the news.

 

[wing2000]

...when the inevitable hurricane hit's Florida, will DeSantis be denied?

 

[FreeinChrist]

...when the inevitable hurricane hit's Florida, will DeSantis be denied?

He will be out of luck apparently.

 

[Desk trauma]

Wait, what happened to:

As long as I am your governor, the meddling hand of big government creeping down from Washington DC will be stopped cold at the Mississippi River.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Wait, what happened to:

As long as I am your governor, the meddling hand of big government creeping down from Washington DC will be stopped cold at the Mississippi River.

Ugh, looks like big government didn't make it across the Mississippi.

 

[FreeinChrist]

Wait, what happened to:

As long as I am your governor, the meddling hand of big government creeping down from Washington DC will be stopped cold at the Mississippi River.

Looks like she got what she wanted ....and is finding out she should have wanted it all along.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Looks like she got what she wanted ....and is finding out she should have wanted it all along.

Daddy had it so much better.

 

[7thKeeper]

Ugh, looks like big government didn't make it across the Mississippi.

More evidence of how useless a big federal government is! Can't even cross rivers...

 

[Belk]

More evidence of how useless a big federal government is! Can't even cross rivers...

She's a witch!

 

[Aryeh Jay]

She's a witch!

She is possibly the world's best public speaker and a frugal purchaser of office furniture.

 

[Lukaris]

President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Arkansas

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Arkansas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and tornadoes from March 14–15, 2025.

www.fema.gov

A curious situation which says he initially denied aid but an April 5 fema communication said:

President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Arkansas

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Arkansas to supplement response efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding beginning on April 2, 2025, and continuing.

www.fema.gov

President Trump approves Arkansas' emergency request for storm assistance funding

President Donald Trump approves Arkansas' request for federal assistance after severe weather.

www.4029tv.com

Hope it all works out anyway. Information is confusing although the constructive yukkity yuks go on.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Thankfully the resilient people of Arkansas are used to hardship and eatting pinecone that they might not even notice it took two months.

 

[RileyG]

Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people

Latest denial of disaster funding comes as Trump has repeatedly stated he wants to eliminate Fema

www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump has denied federal disaster relief funds to the people of Arkansas, which saw dozens of people die from a series of deadly tornadoes last month, as legislators plead for him to reconsider.​

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More than 40 people have been found dead after a series of tornadoes and severe storms hit Arkansas and neighboring states Mississippi and Missouri in March, according to CNN.​

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Given the scale of the disaster, the state’s Republican governor, Sarah Huckabee, requested federal disaster aid as a part of an emergency declaration. That request was later denied by the Trump administration.​

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Huckabee and other Arkansas lawmakers have since publicly asked Trump to reconsider his decision. Huckabee sent an appeal of the decision on 18 April.​

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Wow. If Biden had done this, or any other Democratic President, he'd had been 'tarred and feathered ' in the news.

How incredibly sad.

 

[Lukaris]

How incredibly sad.

But what is confusing is that there are 2 FEMA communications, 1 in early April & 1 in May, authorizing aid. There is record of relief activity earlier on. Was Governor Sanders in limbo on further or original aid? I believe her plea for aid was genuine and there was a major problem but what specifically?

 

[Desk trauma]

How incredibly sad.

Why be sad over people getting what they voted for?

 

[RileyG]

Why be sad over people getting what they voted for?

Not all people voted for him, and no, I won’t defend all his actions.

 

[essentialsaltes]

But what is confusing is that there are 2 FEMA communications, 1 in early April & 1 in May, authorizing aid.

While it is a bit confusing, they are distinct events.

April 5, 2025
WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Arkansas to supplement response efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding beginning on April 2, 2025, and continuing.

May 13, 2025
WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Arkansas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and tornadoes from March 14–15, 2025.

This earlier March event is the one relevant to the OP.