What did Donald Trump do today?

He told Americans that everything was fine as more than a million of them took to the streets to protest against him.

Trump was once again on the links today, supposedly "winning" the round in the elderly division of his own club's tournament. (Trump is notorious for his golf cheating and almost always claims to win tournaments he plays in—but he only plays in tournaments at his own club, and occasionally declares himself the winner when he didn't even compete.)

That left little time for social media, but he did post a few times to his boutique website to tell Americans to "HANG TOUGH." He also claimed credit for "FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT" that had supposedly "already" happened. Coincidentally or not, that is the consensus estimate of how much wealth his latest tariff blitz has wiped out of American companies and investors in the last two days.

Trump wasn't the only one having a busy day, though. Protests against his administration were held in St. Paul, MN;

Hartford, CT;

Tupelo, MS;

Richmond, VA;

Austin, TX;

Macon, GA;

Cheyenne, WY;

Oakland, CA;

Salt Lake City, UT;

Denver, CO;

Washington, DC;

New York, NY;

Juneau, AK;

Palm Beach Gardens, FL;

Portland, OR;

Boston, MA;

Portsmouth, NH;

Montgomery, AL;

Asheville, NC;

Rehoboth Beach, DE;

Lansing, MI;

Grand Rapids, MI;

Charlotte, NC;

Bowling Green, KY;

St. Joseph, MI;

Harrisburg, PA;

Charleston, WV;

Houston, TX;

Columbia, SC;

San Jose, CA;

Omaha, NE;

San Francisco, CA;

Anchorage, AK;

Los Angeles, CA;

Pocatello, ID;

Chicago, IL;

Phoenix, AZ;

Philadelphia, PA;

San Antonio, TX;

Chico, CA;

Dallas, TX;

Jacksonville, FL;

Columbus, OH;

Indianapolis, IN;

Nashville, TN;

…and more than 1,200 other towns and cities across the United States.

Neither Trump nor the White House put out any kind of statement acknowledging the protests. The White House did release a statement noting Trump's supposed golf win, though.

Why does this matter?

• Problems—and voters—don't go away just because the president says not to worry about them.