President Donald Trump told North Carolina hurricane victims that under former President Joe Biden, the Federal Emergency Management Agency failed them in a time of crisis. Trump visited North Carolina on Jan. 24, four months after Hurricane Helene made landfall and damaged more than 73,000 homes.

Donald Trump, who has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, which struck North Carolina in September 2024, said that he would like to see states assume more responsibility in the aftermath of natural disasters, rather than the federal government.

Vice President JD Vance has not visited North Carolina since he was sworn in. His first official trip was Jan. 27, when he surveyed Hurricane Helene damage in Damascus, Virginia. When we searched using Google and the Nexis news archive,

President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.

President Donald Trump said that his administration will step in and assist North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane Helene months after the storm.

In the days leading up to President Donald Trump's visit to Appalachian North Carolina, Monica Glowinski said her biggest prayer for the people of Buncombe County, which was devastated by the wrath of Hurricane Helene, was that Trump would not let their plight be forgotten.

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday floated shuttering the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster areas in North Carolina and California, where he pledged government support and sparred with Democratic officials.

The president said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been too bureaucratic and slow in its response to disasters.

FLETCHER, N.C. — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation's central organization for responding to disasters.

In North Carolina Friday, President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order aimed at what he said would address problems inherent to FEMA.

President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a Friday visit to Helene-ravaged Western North Carolina.