U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to sign an executive order to overhaul or eliminate the main federal agency that responds to natural disasters during a visit to storm-hit areas of North Carolina.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.

President Donald Trump on Friday is visiting North Carolina — a state he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats” as it rebuilds from Hurricane Helene’s flooding — with questions about disaster relief taking center stage in his first days back in office.

After wearing Dior, Prada and other designer labels over the Inaugural weekend, FLOTUS stepped out Friday in Rag & Bone.

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.

Trump says he’ll have Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley working on hurricane relief matters instead of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency

While he has expressed support for North Carolina residents, the president has criticized California’s Democratic leaders and threatened to withhold federal aid from the state.

President Donald Trump is hitting the road for the first time since his second inauguration, visiting victims of Hurricane Helene and the California wildfires. He has criticized the government's response to both disasters.

President Donald Trump announced his first visits as president to North Carolina and Los Angeles. Trump inherited the aftereffects of two major natural disasters — Hurricane Helene and the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires.