President Donald Trump on Friday is visiting North Carolina — a state he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats” as it rebuilds from Hurricane Helene’s flooding — with questions about disaster relief taking center stage in his first days back in office.

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Western North Carolina on Friday to visit locals impacted by Hurricane Helene in late September.

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U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to disaster-hit western North Carolina and Los Angeles on Friday in a trip that could inflame partisan tensions over recovery efforts. Trump's first trip since

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He did not offer clear details on what he would replace it with, but indicated he wants to move more of the disaster management responsibility to the states.

The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced the new rates last Friday. The insurance industry says inflation and climate change are driving up costs.

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more.In his first trip since becoming president, Trump on Friday heads to survey hurricane damage recovery in North Carolina and then to Los Angeles to tour devastation from wildfires.

Gov. Josh Stein, Rev. Franklin Graham and other state representatives welcomed President Donald Trump in Asheville on Friday morning before he toured Helene-devastated

President Trump is taking the first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.