White House aides said it was impossible for the president to visit the cemetery because conditions were too bad for his helicopter to fly. Trump later berated outgoing White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly — who went to the cemetery — and Zach Fuentes, Kelly’s deputy, over the skipped trip. Trump did not visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. He spent much of that day meeting with his lawyers, White House aides later said. “We’ll get great health care for our people, that’s a repeal and replace, handled a little bit differently, but it was a big, big victory by a highly respected judge, highly, highly respected in Texas,” Trump said.

Source: Washington Post December 15, 2018 21:22 UTC