Trump cancels delegation's trip to Davos amid shutdown

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

The White House on Thursday scrapped the U.S. delegation’s trip 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.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/425942-trump-cancels-delegations-trip-to-davos-amid-shutdown?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

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[msongs]

1. I heard melania is taking the greyhound to her undocumented immigrant run florida

palace

[George II]

5. Bazinga!

[Turbineguy]

2. Europeans must be delighted

not to have that idiot around.

[fierywoman]

3. Mme Mnuchin must be pissed.

[riversedge]

4. yup, her shopping trip is cancelled. te he

[smb]

7. Dotard Will Make It Up To Her...

...with a nice fast-food hamburder served on a silver platter.

[thesquanderer]

6. He doesn't like to travel anyway. Probably loved having an excuse to get out of it. (n/t)

[Maeve]

8. Optics. It's all about the optics

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Just as well

Nobody over there likes him anyhow.

[They_Live]

10. I thought Huckleberry quit.

Is she staying on until she gets all that respect that she wanted for Xmas?

[Ghost Dog]

11. See here what's on the Davos agenda:

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/



https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/davos-risk-report-robots-work-and-other-top-stories-of-the-week/