The presidential politics of a natural disaster is a no-win for a president.

• If he/she does not visit the disaster site, they are insensitive and uncaring.
• If he/she visits the disaster site, they are in the way and are diverting needed resources.

The opposing political party gets to paint them as either mean or as narcissistic – regardless of what they do.

Then it is all a battle of perception, talking points, and pundits.

Maybe he/she looks good, maybe not.

But maybe that’s true for everything political.

I mean, in the end, the presidential politics of a natural disaster is just that: Politics.