President Donald Trump proposed turning disaster assistance over to individual states to distribute rather than having the Federal Emergency Management Agency respond, ahead of a trip to survey flood damage in North Carolina and wildfires in California.

Speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity, President Donald Trump said he wants to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the U.S. faces the daunting task of rebuilding after storm damage in the southeast and devastating wildfires in California.

Trump said FEMA "is going to be a whole big discussion" in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Wednesday.

President Trump plans to have a "whole big discussion very shortly" on the Federal Emergency Management Agency because he'd "rather see the states take care of their own problems," according to an interview broadcast Wednesday evening.

"FEMA is gonna be a whole big discussion very shortly, because I'd rather see the states takes care of their own problems," Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox on Wednesday night.