But if the past year and a half has taught us anything, it's that Trump is no ordinary president, and so his trips are bound to be extraordinary. Trump continues to be derided by Puerto Rico advocates for the manner in which he distributed paper towels after Hurricane Maria.
On Wednesday, Trump visited both North and South Carolina. One bizarre encounter saw the president telling a victim of Florence to "have a good time."
"I think he just said have a good time!" someone at the MSNBC studio broadcasting the moment live could be heard saying.
Trump was at that moment handing out food to people waiting in cars. He asked a couple others, "How's the house?"
But that was just the beginning. The White House pool report is, by all accounts, much more awkward.
Trump was touring a neighborhood devastated by the hurricane when he came by a small brick house. Outside of it, a large yacht was shipwrecked against the house's porch. "Is this your boat?" Trump asked the homeowner. When the owner said that it wasn't, Trump assured him, "At least you got a nice boat out of the deal."
"I think it's incredible what we're seeing," Trump told reporters. "This boat just came here. They don't know whose boat that is. What's the law? Maybe it becomes theirs."
An elderly man also told the president that he named his dog after him. "That's nice," Trump replied.