Hardly. He cancelled the trip after he took heat for cancelling the Congressional delegate trip to Afghanistan out of spite.US President Donald Trump has cancelled his delegation's trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week due to the ongoing partial government shutdown.
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement on Thursday that Trump made the move "out of consideration for the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay and to ensure his team can assist as needed".
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.Trump, who attended last year's Davos event, had planned to go again this year, but pulled out last week as he grapples with Democrats in Congress over funding for a wall on the border with Mexico that has led to the shutdown.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were expected to lead the US delegation in Trump's place.
Mnuchin and Pompeo had planned to speak jointly at the opening session of the forum on January 22.
They were also expected to jointly host a dinner of the Group of Seven foreign and finance ministers to discuss national security and economic issues.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer also planned to be part of the delegation.
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