As U.S. President Donald Trump heads to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles, here's a look at what could change with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during his presidency.

I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.

Since former President Jimmy Carter created FEMA in 1979, it has become a massive federal agency with a budget of $29.5 billion in fiscal 2023.