The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website November 15, 2017:
President Trump’s claim doesn’t make much sense — Obama canceled a meeting, not a trip, and by then, he had already traveled to the Philippines twice as president. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
“As you know, we were having a lot of problems with the Philippines. The relationship with the past administration was horrible, to use a nice word. I would say ‘horrible’ is putting it mildly. You know what happened. Many of you were there, and you never got to land. The plane came close but it didn’t land.”
— President Trump, remarks to reporters after East Asian Summit in Manila, Nov. 14, 2017
“We then go to the Philippines, which was a rough trip the last time. That was a rough presidential trip, but this won’t be.”
— Trump, remarks to reporters en route to Hanoi, Nov. 11 Continue reading “Trump’s bizarre claim that Obama ‘never got to land’ in the Philippines”