President Trump is making his inaugural trip to North Carolina and California to engage with communities recovering from natural disasters. In North Carolina, he criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for their handling of Hurricane Helene recovery efforts and pledged financial support. Trump believes states should manage disaster recovery but accuses the Biden administration of neglecting Republican areas. In California, he'll address wildfire recovery and use federal aid as leverage for bipartisan legislative support, reflecting ongoing tensions between him and Democratic lawmakers.
"They've been abused by what's happened," Trump said. "FEMA has really let us down, let the country down."
Trump has said he feels that North Carolina was treated "unfairly" by the Biden administration after Hurricane Helene, which hit in the middle of the presidential campaign.
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