The comments came amid turmoil as DOGE took over USAID offices last week.
President Donald Trump made good on his threats to impose tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners, announcing Saturday that he will levy 25% tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese goods.
Experts have warned that tariffs of this magnitude will likely increase prices paid by U.S. and Trump appeared to acknowledge that “some pain” might be possible in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee announced it will meet Tuesday, when it is expected to vote on the controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
President Donald Trump said he will sign the Laken Riley Act in a ceremony "sometime very shortly."
"You all know what that act represents, and it was a bipartisan bill, many Democrats signed on to it," Trump told reporters on Friday.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he plans on signing an executive order "fundamentally reforming" the Federal Emergency Management Agency "or maybe getting rid of them."
"I think, frankly, FEMA is not good," he said.
When pressed by reporters about his comments, Trump said he thought the agency was a "big disappointment."
He once again floated the idea that the responsibility should be passed down to the states, and declined to give a timeline as to when he would end the agency.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Dr. Anthony Fauci had his government security detail revoked Thursday afternoon, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Fauci was protected by private security that was paid for by the government, but now has hired his own security detail following the cancellation.
Trump said such security detail only pertained to current government employees.
"You can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for the government," he told reporters.
Fauci has received threats since the pandemic from harsh critics.
-ABC News' Jonathan Karl, Kelsey Walsh and Katherine Faulders
President Donald Trump continued to blast California's response to the wildfires, and seemed to add a new condition on additional aid for the wildfires.
"I want to see two things in Los Angeles, voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and the state. Those are the two things," Trump said.
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
