Interesting the reason given was to keep her in Washington to negotiate a deal, considering Trump walked out of negotiations.
A petty buffoon in action.
Trump stops House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to visit troops in Afghanistan right before military plane was due to take off
"The purpose of the trip was to express appreciation and thanks to our men and women in uniform for their service and dedication, and to obtain critical national security and intelligence briefings from those on the front lines," Hammill said.
"The President traveled to Iraq during the Trump Shutdown as did a Republican [congressional delegation] led by" Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., Hammill said.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., called Trump's letter "petty and ridiculous and demeans the presidency."
"It's small. It's vindictive," Hoyer fumed. "It is unbecoming the president of the United States and it is an unfortunately daily occurrence."
White House officials, however, said Trump's move was the result of his desire to end the shutdown, and not payback to Pelosi personally.
"If she had gone on this trip she would have guaranteed that 800,000 federal workers would not receive their second paycheck because she would not have been here to negotiate any kind of deal."
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/17/trump-postpones-pelosis-overseas-trip-because-of-shutdown.html
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