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Trump Cancels Poland Trip Because of Hurricane Threat to Florida

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was pulling
   out of attending events in Poland tomarkthe 80th anniversary of the
   start of World War IIsothat he could ensureall federal resourceswere
   focused on the arrival of Hurricane Dorian, whichwas heading to Florida
   from the Caribbean.

   At the start of a White House Rose Garden event to launch the U.S.
   Space Command,Trumpannounced that Vice President Mike Pence would take
   his place in Warsaw.

   "It's something very important for me to be here,the storm. Looks like
   it could be a very, very big one indeed,"he said.

   The hurricanewas forecast to reach Category 4 strength while
   approaching Florida's eastern coast on Monday night, after the time
   that Trump had been scheduled to return from Poland.

   The president said he had phoned Polish President Andrzej Duda to
   explain that his "highest priority is the safety and security of the
   people in the path of the hurricane. And I will be rescheduling my trip
   to Polandin the near future."

   Speech was planned
   Trump, along with Duda and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, had been
   scheduled to speak Sundayat aceremony in Pilsudski Square.

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