Trump likely won't visit Korean demilitarized zone during Asia trip, White House says

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Trump likely won’t visit Korean demilitarized zone during Asia trip, White House says

By David Nakamura October 23 at 10:48 AM

President Trump is not likely to visit the Korean demilitarized zone during his 12-day trip to Asia next month, a White House official said Monday.

Trump plans instead to speak to U.S. and South Korean troops at Camp Humphreys, about 55 miles south of Seoul, at the invitation of President Moon Jae-in, the official said.

Since Ronald Reagan, every American president except George H.W. Bush has visited the DMZ, the heavily guarded strip of land that has divided North and South Korea for 64 years. The Trump administration had been divided over whether to send Trump to the DMZ amid concerns from the Moon administration and the State Department that such a visit could further inflame tensions with Pyongyang.

The White House official said that Trump's personal security was not a concern in weighing a DMZ trip but that there is not enough time for the president to visit both Camp Humphreys and the outpost along the border.

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[samnsara]

1. hes such a coward

[defacto7]

2. His stunt double wasn't available.

[SonofDonald]

3. He's a girly man, quiverer in chief, legend in his own mind

He's not going anywhere near the front.

[MineralMan]

4. He has those bone spurs that flare up every time he's in danger.

So, it wouldn't be prudent for him to visit the DMZ, see. He'd be at some small risk, and that disturbs his old bone spurs that kept him from doing any sort of military service. They're sort of like Rush Limbaugh's pilonidal cyst in that way.