President Donald Trump on Thursday dragged another self-created scandal into another day as he defended a map he displayed a day earlier of Hurricane Dorian’s expected path that appeared to have been altered, prompting howls from Democrats and accusations that he was putting lives in danger.

White House aides were eager last week to portray a commander in chief as deeply involved in the federal government’s efforts to prepare for and respond to Dorian. The storm even did the Trump team a favor when it turned away from Florida, sparing the Sunshine State the kind of catastrophic direct hit that left at least 20 dead and catastrophic damage in the Bahamas.

Yet, the president himself has delivered an uneven performance since he late last Thursday canceled a diplomatic trip to Poland to remain in the Washington area to oversee the government’s Dorian efforts. He played golf twice over the weekend, even as the hurricane gained strength and slammed into the Bahamas.

Over the weekend, he claimed in a tweet Dorian might affect Alabama. That post prompted a correction from the National Weather Service.