Trump Abruptly Cancels Trip to CDC

“President Trump abruptly canceled his scheduled Friday visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta even as the coronavirus outbreak escalates,” Politico reports.

“Trump’s schedule Friday, which was released publicly at nearly midnight, no longer listed the trip to Atlanta, though the president planned to fly to the Nashville area following a series of deadly tornadoes there, and then onto Florida, where he is scheduled to spend three nights at his south Florida retreat, Mar-a-Lago.”

CNBC: “Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the government’s response to coronavirus, had said Trump planned to sign the $8.3 billion emergency spending bill at the CDC.”