Trump departs White House to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : "I'm going to go to Nevada to thank them," Trump said.
58% : After visiting North Carolina and California, Trump plans to hold a rally Saturday in Las Vegas.
54% : "In North Carolina, Trump will receive a briefing on recovery efforts and then travel to a small town outside Asheville to meet with residents who have been helped by Samaritan's Purse, a humanitarian organization headed by evangelical leader Franklin Graham.
51% : Once in California, Trump plans to tour the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where rows and rows of homes burned to the ground.
43% : "I don't think we should give California anything until they let the water run down," Trump said Wednesday in an interview with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity.
34% : Friday's trip could prompt some uncomfortable conversations about climate change, which Trump has played down and denied.
32% : "Trump has also showered California leaders with disdain for water policies that he falsely claimed worsened the recent blazes.
32% : Trump has a history of injecting politics and falsehoods into disaster response.
30% : Trump tapped Cameron Hamilton, a former Navy SEAL with limited experience managing natural disasters, as FEMA's acting director.
25% : The trip comes as Trump considers overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
22% : Trump has suggested using federal disaster assistance as a bargaining chip during unrelated legislative negotiations over government borrowing, or as leverage to persuade California to change its water policies.PHOTOS:
22% : "The last time Trump was president, he visited numerous disaster zones, including the aftermaths of hurricanes and tornadoes.
14% : Trump departs White House to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California"Playing politics with people's livelihoods is unacceptable and a slap in the face to the Southern California wildfire victims and to our brave first responders," said Rep. Young Kim, a Republican from Orange County, south of Los Angeles, in a recent statement.
14% : "Michael Coen, who served as chief of staff at FEMA during the Biden administration, said Trump was "misinformed" about an agency that provides critical help to states when they're overwhelmed by catastrophe.

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