Trump reportedly grew furious with his aides over media coverage of his trips to Dayton and El Paso

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A plan concocted by President Trump's aides concerning his visits this week to El Paso and Dayton — both sites of mass shootings last weekend — backfired, The New York Times reports.

Trump's staff reportedly kept reporters away from the president during his visit, mainly to avoid overwhelming patients in recovery, three people briefed on what took place told the Times. But when Trump began noticing negative headlines about his trip while watching television on Air Force One, he reportedly grew furious, ordering his aides to begin producing proof that people were, in fact, happy to see him.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.