Trump Teams Up with Former GOP Nemesis to Survey Storm Damage in Key Battleground State
Former President Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will appear together on Friday for the first time in four years to receive a briefing on recovery and relief efforts following Hurricane Helene. The event is not being described as a campaign stop. This is Trump’s second trip to Georgia this week, following a visit on Monday in Valdosta. The state, along with North and South Carolina, and Tennessee, took direct hits from the powerful storm. The death toll from Hurricane Helene now stands at over 220, with hundreds still missing, more than 800,000 people in seven states still without power or running water, and damage estimated in the billions.
Trump has repeatedly slammed President Biden and Harris over their handling of the federal response to the storm, calling it “the WORST & MOST INCOMPETENTLY MANAGED ‘STORM,’ AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, EVER SEEN BEFORE.” Biden spent a second straight day in the southeast surveying storm damage, while Harris stopped in Georgia on Wednesday for storm briefings and to meet with local officials and victims of the storm.
