President Donald Trump on Friday headed to North Carolina and California to view the damage caused by a hurricane wildfires.
“It’s been a horrible thing the way that’s been allowed to fester, and we’re going to get it fixed up — it should have been done months ago — from the hurricane that took place almost four months ago,” Trump said of North Carolina, according to a White House transcript.
“North Carolina has been treated very badly, so we’re stopping there,” the president added. “And we’re going to then go to Los Angeles and take a look at a fire that could have been put out if they let the water flow, but they didn’t let the water flow. And they still haven’t for whatever reason.”
On the ground in North Carolina, where he was assessing the damage from Hurricane Helene, which battered the Tar Heel State and the southeast in September, Trump said he would sign an executive order to overhaul — or eliminate — the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a frequent target of Trump’s criticism.
“FEMA has turned out to be a disaster … I think we recommend that FEMA go away,” Reuters quoted Trump as saying.
The 47th president was set to head to California amid wildfires that continue to ravage the southern part of the state.
