Pence’s chief of staff denied Trump instructed Pence to stay at his resort: “I don't think it was a request, like a command. ... I think that it was a suggestion.”
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended his decision to stay at a Trump resort during his trip to Ireland this week, stressing it provides a "logical" accommodation for his visit to his mother's ancestral homeland.
Short said the president’s proposal “wasn't like a, 'You must.' It wasn't like, 'You have to.'” He went on to describe Trump’s Doonbeg property as “a facility that could accommodate the team,"Sign up today to receive the #1-rated newsletter in politicsBy signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Short said Pence’s stop in Doonbeg was initially the last leg of his foreign trip, but it became necessary for the vice president to fly back-and-forth to Dublin after the White House altered his travel schedule last week. Pence on Monday departed Warsaw, Poland, and participated in a meeting with Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney upon arriving in Shannon, Ireland, later that afternoon.
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