President Trump has returned to the White House on Friday and has traveled his first trip since the storm returned to North Carolina and California.
The trip comes when the president leaves California's unstable disaster assistance.
Mr. Trump is expected to make his first stop in Ashville, North Carolina, who suffered catastrophic flood from Hurricane Helen last fall. Later, Mr. Trump is planning to travel to the Los Angeles area, where he kills more than 20 people, destroys the entire neighborhood, and observes the damage from a wildfire that forced desperate evacuation.
However, Trump has made a very different color on the possibility of additional federal aid in each state. He has stated his support for North Carolina, but if Trump criticizes California's Democratic leaders for disasters and does not change the state unrelated environmental policy, he will refrain from assisting the federal government. Threated.
The President usually visits areas that recover from natural disasters to provide personal support and guarantee the community members of the federal aid for emergency medical workers and local leaders. However, Mr. Trump often uses natural disasters as a means of relieving political dissatisfaction, threatens to give money from political enemies, makes a false statement on disaster response by the Democratic Party, and supports political alliance. I am doing.
During Trump's first term, he claimed that the island leader was corrupt, hoping to stop Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria. After California suffered a wildfire in 2018, Mr. Trump said in a social media that he had ordered the Federal Emergency Management Bureau to “do not send any more money” unless the state changed the approach to forest management. I did it.
Before traveling on Friday, Trump had already shown various approaches to the Republican -led North Carolina and Blue in California.
“I first stopped in North Carolina, because they were very terrible by the Democratic Party,” said Trump in an interview recorded with the Fox News broadcast on Wednesday night. “They have been struggling with hurricanes for several months, so we go straight.”
Trump has been accused of the Biden administration's reaction to Hurricane Helen, which has been revealed by disaster regions, states, and federal authorities since the early days of Hurricane's response.
False statements include claims that FEMA spent a lot of money on immigrant housing and to receive only $ 750 for Arashi victims. With a series of false claims, Biden urged Mr. Trump to blame him for spreading a “complete lie.”
After telling Florida rescue workers to pass the house in a sign to support Trump, one FEMA employee was fired in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.
In the same interview with Fox News, Trump claimed to Gavin Newsom, California's Democratic Party of the California, that he issued a broad -side for his management and hindered sufficient water in South California. Unless the environmental policy was changed, he threatened to refrain from providing disaster support for the wildfire. 。
“I don't think we should give anything until water flows in California,” he added.
State and fire experts have stated that these policies have nothing to do with fire in the Los Angeles region.
At a press conference on Thursday, New Sam has stated that the Trump administration will still refund disaster -related funds to California. He added that he was planning to be at the airport to greet Trump, despite whether he would be invited to accompany the president during a tour in the Los Angeles.
However, despite the strengthening criticism of California leaders, Trump invites a Senator Adam B. It seemed to be extended. His inauguration day.
Mr. Shifu, who had a long relationship with Trump, said on Thursday that Senator would not be able to travel because he would have a Senate vote for Trump's Cabinet candidates.
“Senior Siphw is very grateful for the visit of the President to directly aim for the devastation of these wildflowers and the invitation to accompany him,” said Spokesman. The statement added that the Senator “guarantees California to obtain the necessary assistance and support” to cooperate with Trump's team and other officials.
Annie Carni Contributed report.
