SWANNANOA, N.C. — President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.

In his first trip since returning to the White House, President Trump traveled today to two areas of the country recently devastated by disasters. He first stopped in the parts of North Carolina ravaged by Hurricane Helene,