President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office on Tuesday. The meeting was regarding the wildland fire outlook in the United States. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem were in attendance. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

By Scott Dance

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration plans to “wean” states off Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance after this year’s hurricane season, offering in the most explicit terms yet his plans for states to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies on their own.

“We’re moving it back to the states, so the governors can handle. That’s why they’re governors,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Off

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