As straight faced Vice President Mike Pence alighted from the plane a mile from the Korean Demilitarized Zone on Sunday, his boss, President Donald Trump was at home, tweeting.
Surrounded by his family inside the White House after spending three nights at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s thoughts were far from the Korean Peninsula. Instead, he was bothered about an old familiar grudge.
“The recent Kansas election (Congress) was a really big media event, until the Republicans won. Now they play the same game with Georgia-BAD!” he wrote, referencing a set of special elections this month and taking another swipe at the press.
Trump, since he assumed office in January has not traveled abroad, insists he’s focused on making deals with foreign leaders in a bid to create a more secure planet. But nearly 100 days into his presidency, he remains at home while delegating diplomatic travel to his underlings, who this week are spread across the globe to some of the world’s most problematic regions.
Pence, national security adviser H.R. McMaster and Defense Secretary James Mattis are all traveling overseas this week on key diplomatic missions amid heightened global tensions. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson returned late last week from a closely watched visit to Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Despite the miles his administration is putting on military aircraft, however, Trump himself has yet to travel abroad. Even within the United States, his trips have been limited to quick stops within a few-hours-flight of Washington. He hasn’t slept anywhere aside from his own beds at the White House or Mar-a-Lago since taking office.
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