Donald Trump will spend as little time as possible on European soil next week when he heads to a crucial Nato summit for just 24 hours.
He was set to arrive in The Hague on Monday evening before returning to Washington on Wednesday, but the White House says he will now arrive on Tuesday.
A week after he left a meeting of the G7 in Canada early, apparently irritated at having to sit through a meeting on wildfires when his mind was on the Middle East, it will raise fears among allies that he has no time for the sorts of summits that underpin international diplomacy.
This is what he wants everything else is just Blah Blah.
His new schedule means he will still arrive in time for a leaders’ dinner and will attend a session devoted to discussing allies’ efforts to spend the equivalent of five percent of their gross domestic product on defence.
“He wants to see that happen,” said Ms Leavitt.
