Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Trump will visit city Tuesday to "grieve with Pittsburgh"
President Donald Trump will visit Pittsburgh Tuesday, three days after a gunman killed 11 people in a Squirrel Hill synagogue, the White House announced today.
Mr. Trump will travel to "grieve with the Pittsburgh community" with First Lady Melania Trump, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.
The White House did not release specific details of the visit, but the confirmation ends speculation over whether or not Mr. Trump would fit in a trip to Pittsburgh before heading out on the campaign trail this week for four rallies in four states.
Mr. Trump has called the Saturday shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation "an assault on humanity" and an "anti-Semitic attack at its worst."
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WNU Editor: The Jewish community appears to be split on this visit. The rabbi of the Tree of Life Congregation is welcoming him .... Pittsburgh Synagogue Rabbi: Donald Trump 'Certainly Welcome' Following Tree of Life Shooting (Newsweek), but progressive Jews are telling him to stay away .... Progressive Jewish leaders to Trump: You’re not welcome in Pittsburgh “until you fully denounce white nationalism” (VOX).What's my take. He is the President of the United States. He is also the father of a daughter who is Jewish, and grandfather to grandchildren who are Jewish. He has to go.
