President Donald Trump promised on Friday to deliver “rapid” solutions and reconstruction for residents in areas of North Carolina that were decimated by Hurricane Helene last fall.
Trump spoke at a press conference after meeting with people in Swannanoa, North Carolina, on Friday, promising to immediately sign an executive order “slashing all red tape and bureaucratic barriers and permits to ensure the rapid reconstruction of the roads here in western North Carolina.”
“We’re going to go through a permitting process that’s called no permitting. Just get it done,” Trump said. “That’s the way they built them many years ago. I guarantee you that.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “I’m pleased to announce that under our leadership, the federal government will be surging housing solutions to this state that go beyond mere temporary hotel stays… and today, I’ll also be signing an…