in the United States, pro-Trump people criticize the management of relief after the passage of Hurricane Helene

Democrats and Republicans oppose their vision on the management of relief after the passage of Hurricane Helene in the United States, a few weeks before the presidential election.

Almost a week after Hurricane Helene hit the United States, the death toll is at least 180 but hundreds of people are still missing. Joe Biden must go, Thursday, October 3, to Florida and Georgia where Kamala Harris was on Wednesday, to see the damage.

The American president announced the sending of a thousand additional soldiers for relief operations. On Wednesday, he flew over disaster areas in North Carolina and spoke with authorities in Raleigh, the state capital, a “swing states” (one of the key states for a presidential victory in the near future). Enough to politicize the question of relief management. Donald Trump said the president did not act in time. An observation shared by Republican supporters.

In this commercial street, Terri is walking with her friends. She believes that the government reacted too late: “They could have saved lives by arriving earlier with helicopters, food and aid. Anything they can do, they should have done days ago.” While Donald Trump got there more quickly, explains Stephanie.

“Donald Trump isn’t even president, he doesn’t hold any government position, but he came and he’s taking his time and money to do something.”

Stephanie, a resident of North Carolina

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Jacob Judge appreciates Joe Biden’s visit but regrets the lack of allocated resources: “There were announcements on Friday to send money to other countries, Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel, before announcing to send money to our own country and states.”

After his visit, Joe Biden called not to politicize this disaster. “I want to thank the Republican governor of South Carolina and the Democratic governor of North Carolina and all the elected officials who worked on this task”declared the American president. “At times like this, we put politics aside, at least we should. And we did.”

At the start of the week, Donald Trump, for his part, criticized the management of the governor of North Carolina, a Democrat, and praised that of the governor of Georgia, a Republican.