Monitoring Desk
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will attend this year’s global economic forum in the Swiss alpine resort of Davos, having canceled last year’s trip, a senior administration official says.
The official confirms Trump will make the January 21-22 trip, even though several other major world leaders are expected to stay away.
Last year, Trump pulled out of Davos, which attracts wealthy business people, celebrities and politicians, in the midst of a budget battle with Congress that saw the US government shut down.
He will make the trip amid mounting tension over his Senate impeachment trial and fears of conflict in the Middle East after the US killing of a leading Iranian general and Tehran’s retaliatory missile strike against US troops in Iraq.
The White House says Trump’s delegation will include his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband and top presidential adviser Jared Kushner.
A high-level economic team will include Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. (AFP)
