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Trump leaves tumult at home, will visit Middle East, Europe

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, May 19, 2017, prior to his departure
on his first overseas trip.
Associated Press

JONATHAN LEMIRE home. As he tries to calm And while the pictures from classified intelligence to a Kushner, led a West Wing
Associated Press allies worried about his the trip may be great, the longtime adversary. team to craft the agenda,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- “America First” message, White House can’t change Still, the White House once laden with religious symbol-
dent Donald Trump’s maid- he’ll be followed by fallout the headlines that will fol- hoped the trip, wrapped ism.
en international trip, a five- from his firing of FBI Direc- low him wherever he goes.” in the pomp and circum- Still, Trump hasn’t been
stop marathon across the tor James Comey and the Trump’s trip was always go- stance of diplomatic proto- eager to seize the oppor-
Middle East and Europe, appointment of a special ing to be dramatic. U.S. al- col, could offer a chance tunity. It’s been more than
has long loomed as a cru- counsel to probe the presi- lies have been rattled by at a reset after a tumultu- a half-century since any
cial first test abroad for the dent’s campaign ties with his warnings about pulling ous first four months in of- president waited as long
chaos-courting president. Russia. back from the world. He is fice. Trump’s advisers saw to take his first foreign trip.
That was before he fired “There has never been a tasked with urging a unit- it as an opportunity for the The itinerary, which begins
his FBI director — and the president taking his first inter- ed front against terror by United States to boldly reas- Saturday in Saudi Arabia,
chain reaction of scandal national trip being dogged appealing to some of the sert itself on the world stage is a startlingly ambitious
that followed. by scandal like this,” said same corners of the Muslim and resume a leadership excursion for a president
Now, with the eyes of the Larry Sabato, head of the world he has tried to keep role that the administration who dislikes travel and has
world upon him, the presi- University of Virginia Center out of the United States with believes was abdicated by displayed a shaky grasp of
dent will embark on his for Politics. “He’s already his travel ban. Last week, President Barack Obama. foreign affairs.
big trip carrying the bag- a president viewed skepti- he added new layers of Trump’s powerful senior ad-
gage of dire troubles at cally by much of the world. complication by disclosing viser, his son-in-law Jared Continued on Page 3