PARIS (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump’s cancelled visit to a cemetery in northern France (all times local):
2:45 a.m. The White House is offering an additional reason besides bad weather for President Donald Trump not attending a ceremony Saturday to honor American war dead at a cemetery in northern France.
Stung by criticism for not attending the event, the White House said Sunday that Trump didn’t want to disrupt roadways with a last-minute motorcade. Traveling by car would have been the only option after weather grounded the president’s helicopter.
Trump had been scheduled to lay a wreath and observe a moment of silence Saturday at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, located adjacent to Belleau Wood and about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Paris.
On Sunday, Trump attended a scheduled event honoring American war dead at a different U.S. cemetery just outside of Paris.
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President Donald Trump canceled a planned visit to a cemetery for Americans killed in World War I, the White House said, citing bad weather that grounded his helicopter.
Trump had been scheduled to lay a wreath and observe a moment of silence Saturday at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, located adjacent to Belleau Wood and about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Paris.
Trump was in France for events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Attending in Trump’s place were the White House chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly; the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Joe Dunford and several members of the White House staff.
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