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babylonsister (159,658 posts)Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi 'in her place'Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi ‘in her place’ 01/18/19 09:20 AM By Steve Benen One of the most striking aspects of Donald Trump’s petty decision to cancel House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Afghanistan is the degree to which it was lacking in any sense of proportionality. The president and his team were bothered that the California Democrat had raised security concerns about the upcoming State of the Union address. In response, Trump decided to scrap a long-planned secret trip in which congressional leaders – including the chairs of the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees – who were set to visit with American troops stationed abroad, while receiving briefings on the status of an ongoing war.
The White House on Thursday scrapped a scheduled trip by several Cabinet officials to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, citing the partial government shutdown.The decision comes after President Trump upped the stakes in the shutdown standoff with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) by nixing her planned trip to Afghanistan.“Out of consideration for the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay and to ensure his team can assist as needed, President Trump has canceled his delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.Trump last week cancelled his own visit to the annual gathering of world leaders and financial titans because of what he called “the Democrats intransigence on Border Security.”
babylonsister (159,658 posts)Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi 'in her place'
Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi 'in her place'
babylonsister (159,658 posts)Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi 'in her place'Trump White House reportedly sought to put Pelosi ‘in her place’01/18/19 09:20 AM
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