Comment on After trip's final day, Trump to return to tumult at home

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JULIE PACE, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 9:36pm

After trip's final day, Trump to return to tumult at home

TAORMINA, Italy (AP) — Down to the final day of his lengthy first international trip, President Donald Trump will lift off for Washington having rattled some allies and reassured others, returning to a White House that sits under a cloud of scandal. The trip has largely gone off without a major misstep, with the administration touting the president's efforts to birth a new coalition to fight terrorism, while admonishing partners in an old alliance to pay their fair share. The GOP health care bill that passed the House faces uncertain prospects in the Senate, after a Congressional Budget Office analysis that it would leave 23 million more Americans uninsured by 2026. [...] first Trump has one more day in Sicily, which will include discussions of global economy and climate, a meeting with small African nations — Trump will be seated between the leaders of Niger and Tunisia — and migration issues. Anxious about Trump's tendency to make things worse for himself with unscripted remarks, the White House staff has kept the president a safe distance from journalists for most of the trip. While hectoring NATO, Trump tried to foster a better bond with Israel, a longtime ally, and with Saudi Arabia, a repressive regime that has a problematic record on human rights.

 

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