Presidential visits can be turning points in an administration.
From wildfires and hurricanes to mass shootings and terrorist attacks, Americans have come to expect their president to visit after disaster strikes. History shows it's a tradition that's been built over decades.
"Whether it's a flood, or an earthquake, or these terrible fires that happened in Hawaii, it always involves the government, it always involves federal aid, because very often the states can't handle it themselves," said Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Presidents speaking at the site of tragedy goes all the way back to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. But as society and technology changed, so did the expectations. Communication became easier. Travel became faster. And television put these moments on screen.
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