President Donald Trump is visiting North Carolina Friday for one of his first trips of his second term. Follow along here for live coverage.

President Donald Trump will visit western North Carolina on Friday for his first trip since returning to the White House. Trump will travel to Asheville on Friday, Jan. 24 -- one of the many areas in the high country devastated by Hurricane Helene.

Later, the Trumps will travel to southern California, which has been rocked by brutal wildfires. The president has threatened to withhold relief from California if it doesn't reroute water to the southern part of the state.

The president cited the disasters during his inauguration speech Monday as examples of an insufficient federal response to communities in need.

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

"We're looking at the whole concept of FEMA," Trump told reporters Friday after Air Force One touched down in Asheville, North Carolina.

Newly appointed President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Western North Carolina on Jan. 24.

President Donald Trump will visit storm-ravaged North Carolina on Friday in his first trip outside Washington since the start of his second term.

As he left the White House ... let the water flow.” In North Carolina, Trump will receive a briefing on recovery efforts and then travel to a small town outside Asheville to meet with residents ...

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President Donald Trump left the White House by helicopter at 9:16 ... Stein planning to meet Trump upon arrival in Asheville North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is planning to meet President Donald ...

President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.