WATFORD, United Kingdom — President Trump cut short his attendance at a NATO leaders’ meeting on Wednesday afternoon, canceling a planned press conference after other leaders were caught on camera giggling about his extended question-and-answer sessions with journalists.
Instead, Trump tweeted that after two successful days, his meetings with Denmark and Italy would be his final events.
“We won’t be doing a press conference at the close of NATO because we did so many over the past two days,” he wrote. “Safe travels to all!”
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….When today’s meetings are over, I will be heading back to Washington. We won’t be doing a press conference at the close of NATO because we did so many over the past two days. Safe travels to all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2019
He had been due to address the media at the same time as the second phase of congressional impeachment hearings were due to begin on Capitol Hill.
The president dominated headlines emerging from the two-day NATO meeting, using extended sessions with the traveling press to take questions. He spoke for more than two hours on Tuesday, touching on everything from Prince Andrew and the British election to future NATO priorities and the threat from China.
