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Three U.S. aircraft carriers are set to stage drills in the western Pacific in a show of force that coincides with President Trump’s travel to the region.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 It was the big surprise that was not to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. President Donald Trump hatched a secret plan to visit the Korean Peninsula\u2019s Demilitarized Zone before he ever left Washington last week on a five-nation tour of Asia, the White House said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump teased a show-stopper during a toast at a state dinner being held in his honor in Seoul on Tuesday night, promising: \u201cWe\u2019re going to have an exciting day tomorrow for many reasons\u201d that \u201cpeople will find out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With reporters sworn to secrecy and a beefed-up security retinue in tow, his helicopter took off in the dim early morning light Wednesday bound for the heavily fortified border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders had announced the destination by scrawling the letters \u201d\u2019DMZ\u201d on a notepad, saying that was how she was told to communicate the sensitive information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But plans for the grand reveal were botched by Mother Nature, and Sanders described Trump as disappointed \u2014 and \u201cpretty frustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Donald Trump greets U.S. Army Gen. Vincent Brooks, United States Forces of Korea commander, after landing at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 7, 2017, as part of his 13-day trip through the Pacific Theater. (Staff Sgt. Alex Echols III\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Just after daybreak, Trump\u2019s motorcade had departed unannounced for Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. Army base in Seoul, where a fleet of military helicopters was standing by for the roughly 35-mile flight to the DMZ. Trump had been scheduled to arrive at Observation Post Ouellette, the closest post to the 1953 armistice line, where he would follow his three direct predecessors in peering into North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But visibility below one mile and misting conditions determined otherwise. Trump was traveling in a five-helicopter air convoy, consisting of two identical VH-60Ns \u2014 Marine One and a decoy \u2014 and three Chinooks carrying press, aides, and heavily-armed security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they neared the DMZ landing site, the pilots were unable to see the other helicopters around them, Sanders said. Military pilots, in conjunction with the U.S. Secret Service, decided it was unsafe to continue, and the helicopters reversed course and returned to Yongsan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undeterred, Trump waited nearly an hour in his armored limousine near the helicopters in hopes of a clearing in the weather, but none was forthcoming. White House staff, including Sanders and chief of staff John Kelly, passed the time making frequent glances at the overcast sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just before 9 a.m., the final call was made: the stop was off. Trump\u2019s 11 a.m. address to the South Korean National Assembly could not be delayed to accommodate a later trip. Trump had also been scheduled to visit with families of diplomats at the U.S. embassy in Seoul, but first lady Melania Trump filled that engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump was set to depart Seoul for Beijing, China after the Assembly address. The elaborately choreographed arrival ceremony there, which has been timed to sunset, meant Trump could not afford to visit the DMZ later Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Donald Trump sits in his presidential limo as Chief of Staff John Kelly, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, both at center, and other members of the administration try to wait out a bad weather call at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. (Andrew Harnik\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In advance of the 12-day trip, White House officials had publicly dismissed the idea of a visit to the DMZ as \u201ca little bit of a clich\u00e9.\u201d But behind the scenes, Trump made clear to aides he intended to follow through with the presidential rite of passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shrouded in secrecy and symbolism, presidential visits to American troops stationed in South Korea and the DMZ have become a staple of trips to the peninsula for decades. Every president since Ronald Reagan has visited the 1953 armistice line, except for George H.W. Bush, who visited when he was vice president. The show of bravado and support for one of America\u2019s closest military allies has evolved over the years to include binoculars and bomber jackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to join Trump at the DMZ, but was diverted as well. The South Korean leader landed at an alternate site about a 20-minute drive from the DMZ, but that was not a possibility for Trump, given the logistics of moving his larger motorcade along streets that hadn\u2019t been secured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor President Moon and President Trump to go to together would have been historic, it was supposed to be a symbol of the strong alliance,\u201d Sanders said once Trump returned to his hotel. \u201cI think the fact that they were both planning shows the importance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller reported from Washington.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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