President Joe Biden has canceled his final overseas trip of his presidency, choosing to remain in Washington to oversee the response to devastating wildfires raging in California. The trip to Rome and the Vatican was scheduled to include meetings with Pope Francis and Italian officials. Biden made the decision after receiving briefings from local fire officials in Los Angeles, where he had gone to meet his first great-grandchild.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk from Marine One as they arrive back at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday cancelled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California .
The announcement of the trip’s cancellation comes just hours after Biden departed Los Angeles after meeting his first great-grandchild, who was born Wednesday at an area hospital. He received a briefing from local fire officials before returning to Washington, as smoke and ash from blazes raging in the area clouded the daytime sky.
The large Palisades fire sparked Tuesday morning as Biden was in Los Angeles, and the high winds that helped fuel its massive spread forced the president to scrub a planned visit to Thermal to announce two new national monuments.
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