'FEMA is not good:' Trump announces agency overhaul during visit to North Carolina

Trump also promised his administration would step in and assist North Carolina to fix the damage quickly, vowing to "do a good job" for the state. 

"We're going to fix it, and we're going to fix it as fast as you can," Trump said. "It's a massive amount of damage. FEMA has really let us down. Let the country down. And I don't know if that's Biden's fault or whose fault it is, but we're going to take over. We're going to do a good job."

Trump also said he would like to see the states assume more responsibility when disaster strikes, arguing those familiar with the state are better equipped to provide disaster response and relief. 

"So we're going to be doing something on FEMA that I think most people agree [with]," Trump said. "I'd like to see the states take care of disasters, let the state take care of the tornadoes and the hurricanes and all of the other things that happen. And I think you're going to find it a lot less expensive. You'll do it for less than half, and you're going to get a lot quicker response."

While these families were approaching a late January deadline that would have removed them from the hotels, FEMA announced this week it extended the deadline to May 26. In total, more than 3,000 families are eligible for the program extension. 

"It's been a horrible thing the way that's been allowed to fester, and we're going to get it fixed up," Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday prior to departing for North Carolina. "It should have been done months ago from the hurricane that took place almost four months ago. North Carolina's been treated very badly so we're stopping there." 

"It looks like something hit it, we won't talk about what hit it," Trump said. "But it is a bad, bad situation." 

Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich and Aubrey Conklin contributed to this report.