Trump Weighs Cuts to Coast Guard, T.S.A. and FEMA to Bolster Border Plan (March 2017)

[TomCADem]

With Trump's controversial moves and Hurricane Harvey, no one is mentioning that Trump was proposing to gut FEMA to build his wall.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/us/politics/trump-budget-coast-guard.html

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering deep cuts in the budgets of the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency as it looks for money to ratchet up security along the southern border, according to a person familiar with the administration’s draft budget request.

The goal is to shift about $5 billion toward hiring scores of additional agents for Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as toward infrastructure to support a crackdown on illegal immigration at the border. A significant portion of the money would go toward erecting a wall along the border with Mexico, one of President Trump’s signature campaign promises.

To fund those efforts, though, the plan would seek significant reductions in other areas, including a 14 percent cut to the Coast Guard’s $9.1 billion budget and 11 percent cuts to both the T.S.A. and FEMA. The three agencies have played high-profile roles in the Department of Homeland Security’s post-Sept. 11 security architecture.

All told, the plan would increase the department’s budget by 6.4 percent, to $43.8 billion, for the 2018 fiscal year, also using savings from other executive branch departments to fund it.

[defacto7]

1. So he's trying to dicker for his stupid wall.

Gimme my wall for safety or I'll take away your safety. You need disaster protection from my wall. And to think that running drugs illegally on open water will be much easier without the annoying Coast Guard. Maybe he has a vested interest.

[Initech]

2. Yeah let's cut the people who aid in a disaster! What a great idea!

[TomCADem]

5. At Least the Cuts Have Not Kicked In, Yet, But...

...Eventually, Trump has to get a budget through Congress.

[Angry Dragon]

3. with the wall you need less Border Patrol, not more

and I want a wall not more fencing
promised a wall or is it bait and switch??
Mexico is buying so don't need money there
cutting TSA .......... what about them terrorists??

[procon]

4. Trump is insanely obsessed with his stupid wall.

It personal to him. It reflects on his image. It he can't make the wall happen, he will be a loser, a failure.

[TomCADem]

6. Media Outlets Are Not Bringing Up Trump's Proposed Cuts to FEMA...

...even as he tweets himself self-congratulatory messages about the Government's response.

[smirkymonkey]

7. This is bullshit!

I am so fucking sick of this moron and his obsession with the stupid wall.

[Achilleaze]

8. republicans against America

they really want to leave the USA defenseless. Sick and sad.