Trump criticized after White House cancels cemetery visit in France over weather

Trump faced criticism on Saturday while traveling in France after the White House canceled his trip to a cemetery in the northern part of the country due to bad weather.

The president and first lady Melania Trump were scheduled to take a helicopter to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial in Belleau, northern France, about 50 miles from where they are staying in Paris.

But the White House announced in a statement Saturday morning that the trip had been canceled "due to scheduling and logistical difficulties caused by the weather."

White House chief of staff John Kelly and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford planned to visit the cemetery instead, the White House said.

Critics of the president were quick to go after his scrapped visit to the World War I memorial, where more than 2,000 soldiers are buried.

“It's not even 60 miles from central Paris to the monument. If the weather is too wet & windy for helicopters, a presidential motorcade could drive the distance in an hour,” David Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, wrote in a Twitter thread.

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