After remaining secluded since Friday, the president will break away from his vacation for a brief trip to Maui, where flames have demolished a town and killed more than 100 people.
President Biden is set to break away from his summer vacation on Monday to fly to Hawaii to inspect damage wrought by wildfires that have killed more than 100 people and effectively wiped out a coastal town on the island of Maui.
Mr. Biden, who is spending the week on Lake Tahoe in Nevada with his family, will be joined on the trip to Hawaii by the first lady, Jill Biden, and will meet with survivors of the fires as well as with emergency workers and state and local officials, his aides said.
The president has come under criticism from Republicans for saying relatively little in public about the fires that turned the town of Lahaina into an inferno on Aug. 8. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser warned that “a warm welcome may not be assured for Biden in some circles on Maui” because of frustrations over applying for aid and cultural sensitivities involving Native Hawaiians.
White House officials have rejected the criticism, saying that the president has kept in close touch with Gov.
