U.S. President Donald Trump receives a briefing from senior military leadership accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence and new National Security Adviser John Bolton at the Cabinet room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
CNBC: Trump cancels South America trip to 'oversee the American response to Syria'
* President Trump will not travel to South America this week, the White House says.
* Vice President Mike Pence will make the trip in Trump's stead.
* The White House says Trump will stay in the U.S. in order to "oversee the American response to Syria and to monitor developments around the world."
President Donald Trump has canceled his scheduled trip to multiple South American countries originally planned for this week, the White House said Tuesday.
In a statement, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president "will not attend the 8th Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru or travel to Bogota, Colombia as originally scheduled."
Vice President Mike Pence will make the trip in Trump's stead, Sanders said.
The White House said Trump will stay in the U.S. in order to "oversee the American response to Syria and to monitor developments around the world."
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Update #1: With Syria in focus, Trump cancels trip to Latin America (Reuters)
Update #2: Trump threatens Syria strike, cancels summit travel (AP)
WNU Editor: If there was any doubts that the U.S. was going to launch a military strike against targets in Syria .... this announcement kills it. It looks like there is going to be a massive US military strike against the Assad regime, and President Trump is expecting blow-back.
