During his inaugural address on Monday, Trump spoke about how Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc upon rural areas of the Tar Heel State in late September.

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit western North Carolina on Friday, Jan. 24, according to the New York Post on Tuesday. The newspaper said a White House official confirmed the visit with them. It also reported that the president would visit areas impacted by the wildfires in California.

In the first remarks of his second term, President Trump painted a grim portrait of the country while declaring that “the golden age of America begins right now.”