Trump set to visit NC, California, Nevada

President Trump will travel to North Carolina, California and Nevada this week for the first trips of his presidency, he told reporters on Tuesday.

The president said he will be going Friday to North Carolina, which he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.” Hurricane Helene hit the Tar Heel State in September, and Trump has been critical of the federal and local response to the storm.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper (N.C.) was a surrogate for former Vice President Harris’s 2024 campaign. Trump won the state with just under 51 percent of the vote.

After North Carolina, Trump will travel to Los Angeles, which continues to battle deadly wildfires.

Trump has floated the idea of including federal aid to Los Angeles as part of a massive reconciliation package, and on Tuesday, he said that talks with GOP leaders about how to enact his agenda was “made simpler by Los Angeles, because they’re going to need a lot of money.”

Additionally, Trump said he will travel to Nevada after his visit to Los Angeles.

Trump won Nevada by over 50 percent of the vote, flipping a key battleground state that former President Biden won in 2020.

“I’m really going to Nevada to thank them for the vote, because we won Nevada overwhelmingly and that’s usually a Democratic vote,” the president said about that trip.

Additionally, Trump said that he is considering a visit to the Middle East. The president hasn’t said yet what his first international trip will be.

Ahead of his visit to California, Trump has been particularly critical of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) since the wildfires started raging in the Los Angeles area. Newsom this week said he looks forward to Trump’s visit and said he stands “ready to work” with his administration.

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