Rev. Franklin Graham, North Carolina -based president and Samaritan’s Puree’s CEO, as well as the Evangelical Association Billy Graham, told Fox News Digital on Friday evening that he appreciates the way President Donald Trump came to Tar Heel state on Friday To visit and spend some time with Hurricane survivors.
“Have the president to come today and shake hands, talk to them and see their homes that had been destroyed – I can’t start telling you what this meant for these people,” Graham said sharing the thoughts exclusively with Fox News. Digital.
“They were very grateful for seeing the President of the United States to appear for them like that. This gave people hope.”
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Graham added, “I appreciate President Trump who came to North West North Carolina for his first official journey this mandate. It has been four months since Hurricane Hellenistic struck the area, but so many people are still suffering extremely.”
Graham was on the side of Trump for part of the day while the president visited the areas destroyed by extreme weather. The Samaritan bag has long been on the ground helping displaced residents, providing assistance supplies and setting thousands of volunteers to help clean the flooded houses and much more.
Rev. Franklin Graham, President and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse, speaks during President Donald Trump’s visit to North Carolina damaged by Hellenic hurricane on January 24, 2025. First lady Melania Trump is on the right. (Samaritan’s bag)
Graham also shared his hopes for the next four years as Trump settles in the White House for his second term.
“With the help of God, I would like to see our country strengthen again, and that is what President Trump wants,” Graham told Fox News Digital.
“If gas prices sit, it helps everyone; if food costs are lowered, it helps everyone;
He said he prays “God bless you not only America but the world.”
“With the help of God,” continued Graham, “we can see that conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine not only end but recover. America can only be great with the help of God – so all, please that we will not turn away from him. “
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Graham, a son of Rev. Billy Graham shared his thoughts on prayer even in the January 20 inauguration.
“It was a privilege and I was honored to ask me to pray in the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump,” he said.
Rev. Graham, President and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse, prays in President Trump’s inauguration on Monday, January 20, 2025. (Samaritani bag)
“I am always grateful for the opportunity to guide people to the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord brought President Trump in a few dark days.
“He pulled it out (on) the other side and stretched out and saved his life.”
“I want to continue to encourage people throughout this country to raise the president in prayer.”
Graham said, “President Trump said God put him in office for a reason – and I also believe that.
“I want to continue to encourage people throughout this country to raise the president in prayer and ask God to direct his steps, protect him and give him wisdom.”
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump shakes as they board Air Force One, Friday, January 24, 2025, at the common Andrews base for their journey to North Carolina and California. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Two native north natives that survived Hurricane In September, but suffered massive losses from the storm, shared a single phrase from President Trump who stuck with them during his visit on Friday in areas hit by Hurricanes.
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“He looks like he frankly cares and … I’m glad he is here because he feels like we were forgotten or never cared for under the other administration,” Curtis Wright, a resident of Fairview, told Fox News, who met Trump on Friday. Digital.
An air view of destroyed and damaged buildings as a result of the Hellenic hurricane floods on October 8 in the Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Immediately after staying in North Carolina, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump flew to California to see the destruction caused by fires and talk to local officials and residents.
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Audrey Conklin of Fox News Digital contributed to reporting.
