The murky facts about Trump’s failure to visit American war dead near Paris

In November 2018, then President Donald Trump faced criticism for canceling a trip to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris. The cemetery is the resting place for more than 2,000 American soldiers who lost their lives during World War I. The official reason given for the cancellation was bad weather, with the White House stating that a helicopter couldn’t fly due to the weather and that a long motorcade ride was not feasible.

The cancellation received widespread criticism at that time,