In her first White House press secretary briefing, Caroline Levitt made a point to talk about how

President Trump wanted his first presidential visit to be to Western North Carolina and to California,

that this is why Americans know that he's a man of the people, that he doesn't want any American

to feel forgotten. And we know that especially the citizens of Western North Carolina

four months after Hurricane Helene have felt forgotten, that they have felt like they haven't

been heard by the Biden administration that FEMA was not there for them, that FEMA was actually

causing more harm than good. They felt left behind. And if you remember, Hurricane Helene

caused devastation in

Western North Carolina. There were at least 104 reported deaths. The flooding was so severe,

exceeding 30 inches in some places resulting in historic widespread flooding. It was described

with terms like biblical. That's how bad it was, leaving neighborhoods destroyed.

Communities isolated with no access out.

But those days are over with President Trump, and he made a point to let them know that.

And what I think was so cool about his visit to Western North Carolina and to California,

if you watched the press conferences, he handed the press conference over in both

instances to the citizens, to the people. He wanted them to be heard. And in one instance,

when one man was talking about the difficulties that he has had, the struggles that he has had,

President Trump asked him to name the insurance company, to name and shame the insurance

company that hadn't

been helping him. And I think those Americans felt heard for the first time in a long time.

And as much as President Trump gets criticized, this is someone who loves America, who wants

to put citizens first. I mean, we saw it during his first term when he visited Texas twice

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