How will POTUS respond to a Disaster?

It has been 60 days since the 45th President of the United States took the oath of office. Since then we have seen numerous allegations, heated arguments, and of course, alternative facts come from the administration. We have seen a lengthy confirmation process for his department heads. We have already seen other world leaders like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister Theresa May pay a visit to our 45th President. One thing we have yet to seen is how POTUS will respond to a disaster.

Something that has got me thinking is how will POTUS respond to a disaster within our country's border and those abroad. How much aid will he send? How will he work with FEMA to respond to the disasters within the states? These questions are the ones running through my mind as we await our first disaster to occur of this administration. We have seen that he has cut about 20% of foreign aid in his proposed budget. There was a reduction in the State Department's Food for Peace program, which sends food to poor countries hit by war or natural disasters.

So far we have seen POTUS pledge federal assistance for Georgia, Florida, and Alabama after they got hit by severe storms in late January. Nearly two dozen people were left dead after the storms hit the southeastern states. However, the outcome of these storms are no where as near catastrophic as it was with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Sandy. When a disaster hits of that same magnitude is when we will really see POTUS put to the test.

Will he follow President George W. Bush's failed attempt to adequately respond after the wake of Hurricane Katrina? I feel that this is highly unlikely. I am sure he saw all the criticism that Bush received throughout those times. I am sure he will not nominate someone to serve as the director of FEMA that has experience with disaster relief (unlike Bush's FEMA Director Michael Brown, who worked at the Arabian Horse Association).  The country shouldn't be making the same mistake twice right? Well I hope so.

POTUS has slammed his predecessor many times about how he handled every disaster in his time in office. So it makes you think that our current POTUS will "walk the walk" and do a much better job at responding to disasters than Obama did?