President Joe Biden said he is postponing a planned trip to Angola and Germany to stay at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, as it spins closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, AP reported.
“I just don’t think I can be out of the country at this time,” he said at the White House after senior members of the administration updated him on the storm and the government’s preparations.
Biden had promised to visit Africa during his term in office, which ends in January. He said on Tuesday that he still intends to make the journey.
“I’m still planning on visiting all the places I said I’d be and all the conferences I said I’d participate in,” he said.
It was unclear when Biden’s overseas trip might be rescheduled and the White House did not announce new travel dates.
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