Trump criticizes FEMA, pushes debunked claims [Video]

Former President Donald Trump surveyed the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina while criticizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the storm and pushing debunked claims.Monday was the Republican presidential nominee’s first visit to the storm-ravaged area of Swannanoa, where extensive damage to buildings, roads and vehicles could be seen more than three weeks after the storm.”This area was hit about as hard as anybody has ever seen to all those homes, and your homes have been destroyed,” Trump said. “All of America shares your sorrow and your grief. Over the past few weeks, this region has seen an extraordinary hardship, but in the midst of such terrible tragedy, we have also seen the extraordinary love that binds us together as Americans.”Trump said a GoFundMe page that was created to help support storm victims has raised around $8 million, which, he said, is being directed to …