The following article by Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman was posted on the New York Times website May 17, 2017:
WASHINGTON — President Trump leaves on Friday for a nine-day, five-city foreign excursion, his first trip outside the United States as the country’s leader and top diplomat.
He doesn’t really want to go.
In recent days, Mr. Trump has groused to several friends that he is not looking forward to leaving his new White House cocoon for high-profile, high-pressure meetings with dozens of world leaders in unfamiliar settings. Continue reading “Foreign Trip Comes at Crucial Time, but Trump Is a Reluctant Traveler”