One of the things President Donald Trump noted would be among his top priorities upon taking office was a visit to western North Carolina to tour the areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene back in September, and to reassure residents that help was on the way.

On Monday during his inaugural address, Trump stated that "Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina, who have been treated so badly."

"And other states that are still suffering from a hurricane that took place many months ago," he also said.

And on Tuesday, he announced that "I'm going to North Carolina, which has been abandoned by the Democrats. I'll be there on Friday."

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True to his word, Trump, along with First Lady Melania Trump, touched down in the Old North State Friday morning. He was immediately swarmed by the crowd of well-wishers desperate for hope after four months of getting the runaround from FEMA:

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greet and spend time with supporters upon their arrival to Asheville, NC pic.twitter.com/3z0PcKrdlp

— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) January 24, 2025

While there, Trump also floated the possibility of either reforming FEMA or getting rid of it altogether, saying states more so than the feds were in a better position to know the needs of their people. He also indicated the money to North Carolina would "go through us" and not FEMA:

“FEMA has really let us down, let the country down. And I don’t know if that’s Biden’s fault or who’s fault it is. But we’re going to take over, and we’re going to do a good job,” the president said when he landed in Asheville for a visit after the devastating hurricane hit the region in September.

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“FEMA just hasn’t done the job. And we’re looking at the same concept of FEMA. I like, frankly, the concept when North Carolina gets hit, the governor takes care of it. When Florida gets hit, the governor takes care of it. Being the state takes care of it,” Trump said Friday. “To have a group of people come in from an area they don’t even know where they’re going in order to solve immediately a problem is something that never worked for me.”

Watch:

Speaking in Asheville, NC, President Trump says he would rather have states take care of disasters, teasing a possible end to FEMA as a federal agency.

DETAILS: https://t.co/8weprwFMCP#trump #fema #asheville #northcarolina #helene #explore pic.twitter.com/5DHUGYhCf2

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) January 24, 2025

🚨#BREAKING: President Trump announces "significant federal aid" will be coming to Western North Carolina and will NOT be going through FEMA.

"FEMA was not on the ball... we are going to turn it all around!"

PROMISES MADE. PROMISES KEPT!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/GwMdEDbwgY

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 24, 2025

In the below clip, Trump announced he'd soon be signing an executive order that directly addressed the FEMA issue:

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "I'll also be signing an Executive Order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA — or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think when you have a problem like this, I think you want to... use your state to fix it and not waste time..." pic.twitter.com/lQmPESd0Fc

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 24, 2025

For anyone who may have forgotten during the four years Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were in office, this is what real leadership looks like. What an absolutely welcome sight.