Feud intensifies as Donald Trump cancels Nancy Pelosi’s trip

US president grounds military aircraft, stopping Congressional visit to troops

US lawmakers left waiting on a bus after Trump cancels delegation to Afghanistan
(Image credit: ELODIE CUZIN/AFP/Getty Images)

In an apparent tit-for-tat move against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump has abruptly halted a congressional delegation’s secret trip to visit US troops in Afghanistan.

Trump reportedly grounded the military aircraft that was to have taken Pelosi and several other US lawmakers to Afghanistan, with a stopover in Brussels to meet US Nato allies, less than an hour before it was due to depart.

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