President Donald Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, bringing back the same official his administration fired last year after he publicly said the disaster relief agency should not be eliminated.
The move is a striking reversal for Trump, who spent much of 2025 attacking FEMA as wasteful and arguing that states should carry more responsibility for disaster response. Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL and emergency management official, was removed as FEMA's acting administrator in May 2025, one day after he told lawmakers that abolishing the agency would not serve Americans.
