"He's lying": Biden blasts Trump's political play over storm''

Previous President Trump on Monday attempted to exploit the decimation from Typhoon Helene — and drew a chastening from President Biden, who called Trump a liar.

   Former President Trump surveys the damage in Valdosta, Ga., on Monday.

Driving the news: Trump started the day on Truth Social, posting unverified cases that Biden's organization and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) were "making a special effort to not assist with peopling in conservative regions" impacted by Helene.

"He's lying ... furthermore, the lead representative let him know he was lying," Biden said of Trump at the White House on Monday.

"I don't have the foggiest idea why he does this," Biden added. "I couldn't care less about me. I care about what he conveys to individuals that are out of luck. He infers that we're not doing all that could be within reach. We are."During a visit to Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday, Trump likewise guaranteed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a conservative, hadn't had the option to arrive at Biden to examine the harm to Kemp's state.

However, Kemp expressed prior in the day that he'd expressed with Biden at 5 p.m. Sunday — and commended the organization's reaction to the tempest.Zoom in: Trump's bogus complaints mirrored the dangers of infusing free, crusade style manner of speaking into the continuous recuperation from a debacle that left a triple-digit loss of life and millions without water or power in six southern states.

Two of the hardest-hit states — North Carolina and Georgia — are among the six or seven milestone states liable to choose the Nov. 5 political decision.Trump's mission rushed to call attention to that Trump was in the impacted district while Biden and VP Harris were not.In any case, the White House showed that an official or bad habit official motorcade visiting the region that is still in the beginning phases of recuperation would pointlessly pressure recuperation endeavors.

Biden plans to visit the area Wednesday; Harris said she'd be there "as quickly as time permits without upsetting any crisis reaction activities."Hidden therein: Trump, in the mean time, showed up in Georgia with loads of provisions, including water and fuel. Authorities in Valdosta, Georgia, told NBC they were glad for the guide — however some wished Trump would have held up a couple of days until they were better situated to get it.

"We're not discussing governmental issues presently," Trump demanded, talking before a seriously harmed working in Valdosta.

In any case, he had previously clarified minutes after he showed up that his visit was to some extent halfway political by making his misleading cases about Kemp being not able to arrive at Biden.

An assertion by Trump crusade representative Karoline Leavitt appeared to affirm Trump's political play.

"Neither Kamala Harris nor Joe Biden have showed up anyplace," Leavitt said. "This is one more illustration of the all out absence of initiative from the White House during seasons of emergency."