Trump sought to shorten overseas trip to 5 days; reportedly had "expressed dread" about the upcoming

[riversedge]

I do love these leakers.

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Trump sought to shorten overseas trip to 5 days: report
By Rebecca Savransky - 05/17/17 02:44 PM EDT


Trump sought to shorten overseas trip to 5 days: report
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President Trump asked for his first foreign trip to be shortened from nine to five days, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

The president reportedly had "expressed dread" about the upcoming trip, which will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican.

Since assuming office, the president has often visited his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on the weekends but has not yet taken a trip abroad.

The travel comes as the administration is battling several controversies.

[CreekDog]

1. shorten it to zero days!

[BeyondGeography]

2. Just bring your binkie, you'll be fine

Suck it up, man.

[cilla4progress]

3. Wish it wold be cancelled.

Hate the idea of him repping us around the world.

[blogslut]

4. I wonder if he will still go.

If he's the "micro-manager" that reports claim, with all this stuff going on, being out of the country will be very unsettling for him.

[RockCreek]

5. Ailes's death is great excuse to do so.

Especially if he can just make it Saudi Arabia where there shouldn't be protests.

[LonePirate]

6. As I have said before, he only wanted the title of President, not any of the work that comes with it

[Siwsan]

7. Is this the trip that was supposed to include an attempted stop in the UK?

I don't remember if that particular kerfuffle was ever resolved.

[riversedge]

11. "include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican."

I have not read anything about the UK visit

[Siwsan]

13. There was that big controversy when Parliament voted to bar an 'official state visit'

I think it came up not that long after he started on his official quest to destroy the country.

[BannonsLiver]

16. That trip is still on for October, but Parliament will not be in session.

That's assuming he makes it to October.

[UTUSN]

8. May his DREAD increase!1

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Probably because there are no

Drumpf resorts with golf courses at these stops?

[Sunlei]

10. Mr Trump, you'll spend your days out among the foreign public & press like President Obama did?

Hours and hours, your entire family among the friendly Locals?

[riversedge]

12. Ivanka and hubby will be with Trump-probably keep him surrounded.

[Sunlei]

14. they better carry umbrellas to avoid rotten eggs, shoes and spitters.

[leftstreet]

15. He's probably afraid Saudi Arabia doesn't have ice cream

[thucythucy]

17. Please, someone show him films of Nixon's trip to South America

when he was vice president under Eisenhower.

That should ease his mind.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. This trip is going to kick his ass and I am here for it.

[smirkymonkey]

19. I think it will too, and kind of can't wait to see it.

It could be the final straw.

[Hortensis]

20. :) Out in public with the nasty press making up lies

about everything he does everywhere he goes? All too likely. I still grieve the loss of the "presidential handshake," the one that threatened to dislocate a shoulder. If only he'd taken this trip right away.

I'm also remembering Romney's gaffs when he went over to build his "presidential" resume. The ignorance of people who have little intellectual curiosity and no real interest in the world beyond their own piece of it becomes more and more astonishing the longer they live.

[sammythecat]

24. Sometime midweek I think he'll snap.

And I hope the "disgraceful" and soon-to-be "fake" Pope gives him hell.

The potential is certainly there for this jerk to do something incredibly stupid and embarrassing. All he has to do is let go and be himself.

[hunter]

21. He's going to get a scolding at the Vatican and in Israel...

... and the Saudi's will be comparing him unfavorably to their good friend George W. Bush.

Of course Trump is dreading this trip.

[Solly Mack]

22. People are dumbing things down for his visit and he's still dreading it.

Does he want them to give him crayons and paper?

[brooklynite]

23. Can you really trust the KFC you get in Saudi Arabia?