US President Donald Trump will travel west of North Carolina and Los Angeles, places hit by disasters on Friday (24) on a trip that can increase party tensions about recovery efforts.
The Republican’s first trip since resumed the presidency on Monday (20) can provide an opportunity to guarantee residents that the federal government will help those whose lives have been destroyed by hurricanes, forest fires and other natural disasters.
But the new president indicated that he can use the trip to stir complaints against democratic rivals.
He complained that his democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, did not do enough to help west of North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene, which devastated the region in September, an accusation that the Biden government rejected as misinformation.
At a campaign stop in the Republican trend area before the November election, Trump promised to rebuild all houses destroyed by the storm and cut the bureaucracy.
The Republican also harshly criticized the response of democratic authorities to forest fires in Los Angeles that caused widespread destruction this month.
His republican colleagues in Congress threatened to retain help for disasters in the region.
In an interview with Fox News on Wednesday (22), Trump also threatened to retain help and repeated a false claim that California governor Gavin Newsom and other authorities refused to provide water from the northern part of the state to fight them fires.
“I don’t think we should give California anything until they let the water flow,” he said.
He falsely claimed that Newsom prioritized the preservation of endangered fish over public safety.
The governor stated that there is no connection between the fish and the fire.
The new president will visit Los Angeles while three major fires still threaten the region.
Worst fires in history
Since they started on January 7, the fires have killed 28 people and damaged or destroyed nearly 16,000 structures, authorities explain.
Much of southern California remains on a red flag alert for extreme fire risk due to strong and dry winds.
Scientists claim that heating the earth’s atmosphere can make hurricanes, forest fires and other more powerful natural disasters.
Since taking office, Trump has removed the United States from Paris’s climate agreement and has moved to undo some of Biden’s green energy initiatives.
It also opened more public lands for oil and gas drilling.
This content was originally published in Trump will visit places hit by disasters on the first post-post trip on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil

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