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Trump cancels US delegation to Davos forum due to shutdown
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IANS | 18 Jan, 2019
US President Donald Trump has cancelled his delegations trip to the
World Economic Forum in Davos, due to the ongoing partial government
shutdown.
"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 cancelled his Delegation's trip to the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland," CNBC News quoted press secretary
Sarah Sanders as saying in a late Thursday statement.
Earlier
this week, the White House said it had planned to send Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of
Commerce Wilbur Ross, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and
Chris Liddell, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for
policy coordination.
Trump cancelled his own plans to attend the forum last week citing the shutdown.
"Because
of the Democrats intransigence on Border Security and the great
importance of Safety for our Nation, I am respectfully cancelling my
very important trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum,"
he tweeted earlier this month.
"My warmest regards and apologies to the @WEF!"
The annual conference in Switzerland gathers world leaders and business executives.
This year's theme is "Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution".
Also
on Thursday, the President postponed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's
planned overseas trip with other members of Congress, shortly before
they were scheduled to depart on a military plane.
The
postponement came a day after the California Democrat sent Trump a
letter, urging him to either reschedule his January 29 State of the
Union address to a joint session of Congress or deliver it in writing.
A
White House official told NBC News that all congressional delegations
overseas that would have used federally funded military aircraft have
been grounded by Trump until the shutdown ends.
The shutdown
entered its 27th day on Thursday as Trump and Pelosi remained at
loggerheads on the issue of the President's border wall.
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