President Trump will travel to North Carolina, California and Nevada this week for the first trips of his presidency, he told reporters on Tuesday.
The president said he will be going Friday to North Carolina, which he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.” Hurricane Helene hit the Tar Heel State in September, and Trump has been critical of the federal and local response to the storm.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper (N.C.) was a surrogate for former Vice President Harris’s 2024 campaign. Trump won the state with just under 51 percent of the vote.
After North Carolina, Trump will travel to Los Angeles, which continues to battle deadly wildfires.
Trump has floated the idea of including federal aid to Los Angeles as part of a massive reconciliation package, and on Tuesday, he said that talks with GOP leaders about how to enact his agenda was “made simpler by Los Angeles, because they’re going to need a lot of money.”
Additionally, Trump said he will travel to Nevada after his visit to Los Angeles.