While the president has stayed close to home, he has dispatched Vice President Mike Pence to go farther afield. For now, the most frequent destination for Mr. Trump outside Washington has been Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla. Since becoming president, Mr. Trump has spent 24 days at the exclusive club, sometimes called the Winter White House. The president has used Mar-a-Lago as a staging ground for meetings with foreign leaders, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and President Xi Jinping of China. But it may be in line with his approach of making spontaneous decisions that have at times left White House aides struggling to respond.

Source: New York Times April 16, 2017 22:52 UTC