Trump Canceled August Vacation to End War

President Donald Trump scrapped a trip to his New Jersey resort to focus on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a Tuesday press briefing.

“This is normally the time when the president goes on vacation, but not this president,” she said. “There [were] discussions about him working from Bedminster for a couple of weeks, but he decided against it. He’s a man on a mission. He wants to move. Get things done quickly. He wants to strike when the iron is hot.”

Trump has made ending the war in Ukraine a key focus of his administration, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House this week.

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