Yamiche Alcindor:

Critics say he is part of the problem, because in between today's visits, he criticized Democrats and doubled down on his hard-line immigration stance.

President Trump first stopped in Dayton, where a gunman fired an automatic weapon outside a popular bar early Sunday, killing nine people. The president and first lady went to a hospital where many people were treated. There, they thanked first responders and medical staff. They also met with some of the victims and their families.

Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside. Later, President Trump traveled to the Texas border city of El Paso, where Saturday's racially motivated shooting at a Walmart claimed 22 lives.