Donald Trump

Trump to sign disaster relief order putting states, localities in the driver's seat of catastrophe response
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The order will establish the National Resilience Strategy, Fox News Digital learned
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**FIRST ON FOX:** President  is set to sign an executive order Monday that will put states and local jurisdictions in the driver's seat of preparing and responding to disasters, Fox News Digital learned.

"This Order restores state, local, and individual empowerment in disaster preparedness and response, and injects common sense into infrastructure prioritization and strategic investments through risk-informed decisions that make our infrastructure, communities, and economy more resilient to global and dynamic threats and hazards," details on the order obtained by Fox News Digital show.

Officials will be called to review "all infrastructure, continuity, and preparedness and response policies" to ensure they fall in line with the National Resilience Strategy.

The order will shift the federal government's "all-hazards" approach to handling disasters to a "risk-informed approach" that will prioritize "resilience and action over mere information sharing," Fox Digital learned.



"Despite obligating nearly $30 billion in disaster aid each of the past three years, FEMA has managed to leave vulnerable Americans without the resources or support they need when they need it most," that executive order read. "There are serious concerns of . Indeed, at least one former FEMA responder has stated that FEMA managers directed her to avoid homes of individuals supporting the campaign of Donald J. Trump for President."





Trump additionally has railed against left-wing policies that he says have compounded natural disaster response, most notably in  infrastructure policies that he said contributed to the raging wildfires that destroyed swaths of areas around Los Angeles in January.


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The order Trump is expected to sign on Monday will serve as a continuation of his pledge "to shift power from Washington to the American people," similar to the California executive order and establishing the FEMA Review Council in January, Fox Digital learned.

_Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report._
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