Trump Officials Halt Travel on Worry Over White House Chaos
- Pompeo, Craft abruptly call off trips to Europe, Taiwan
- Chaos stirred by Capitol riot stirs concern on crisis response
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Top U.S. officials abruptly canceled international travel this week out of concern foreign adversaries could exploit a historic political crisis -- and that President Donald Trump and his White House are under too much strain to contend with them, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the situation.
One day after the State Department said Secretary of State Michael Pompeo would travel to Belgium -- and just before U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft was due to depart for Taiwan -- the department announced Tuesday that all travel by senior officials was canceled.