As Trump visits tornado victims in Alabama, is he playing politics with disaster relief?

Hours after a deadly tornado ripped through Alabama over the weekend, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to promise the state would receive "A Plus treatment" from the federal government as local officials began their recovery.

But the president's strongly worded commitment – and his decision to visit the state on Friday, just days after the storms there killed 23 people – marked a sharp contrast with the rhetoric he has used recently to describe disasters in bluer parts of the country, where he often criticizes local leaders and threatens...