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On the first trip of his second term, Trump will visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California

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President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday .

The trip is the first of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.

Trump has suggested using federal disaster assistance as a bargaining chip during unrelated legislative negotiations.

Hurricane Helene and the Los Angeles wildfires were exacerbated by global warming.

A study by international climate scientists found that climate change boosted the storm’s rainfall by 10% .

In California , the state suffered a record dry fall and winter — its traditional wet season — made the area around Los Angeles more vulnerable to blazes.

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