President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Cameron Hamilton to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a year after he fired him as acting administrator of the agency.
Hamilton would be the first permanent FEMA administrator in the current Trump administration if he’s confirmed by the Senate.
The former Navy SEAL was fired after he clashed with then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who gave him a lie-detector test as she searched for people inside the agency who she believed had spoken with news reporters. The day before his dismissal on May 8, 2025, Hamilton seemed to contradict the president when he told a House subcommittee that FEMA should not be eliminated, as Trump had threatened to do.
Hamilton will face Senate confirmation and potential questions about whether he has sufficient experience in emergency management to meet statutory qualifications. Hamilton worked as a vice president at Longview International Technology Solutions from August to last month, according to his LinkedIn profile.
