As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President
Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey
golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in with those promoting a celebrity fight and attacking his political foes.
Americans did not glimpse the
Republican president in the immediate aftermath of a
shooting in El Paso,
Texas, that killed at least 20 people and, hours later, one in Dayton, Ohio, that claimed at least nine lives.
Not until Trump and the
first lady prepared to fly back to
Washington in the late afternoon Sunday did he appear before cameras.