Did Secret Service Cancel Cemetery Trip In France

President Trump blames Secret Service for canceled visit to WWI cemetery in France subsequently criticism

President Trump unleashes on Twitter after weekend visit to France.

President Donald Trump placed full blame for his canceled visit to a World State of war I cemetery in France over the weekend on the Secret Service, claiming that he suggested driving afterward information technology was deemed unsafe to have the presidential chopper during rainy weather but that the Surreptitious Service said "NO."

While President Trump now says the Secret Service was backside the decision not to make a more than 2-hour drive to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, press secretary Sarah Sanders said Sunday that the president did non want to do the drive because of the disruption it would accept acquired to the people of Paris.

"Yesterday, because of well-nigh-aught visibility, Marine Ane was unable to fly, as had been planned. A car ride of two and a half hours, each way, would take required closures to substantial portions of the Paris roadways for the President's motorcade, on short find. President Trump did not want to crusade that kind of unexpected disruption to the city and its people," Sanders said in a argument.

Main of staff John Kelly and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford visited the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in President Trump'south place.

While the president did non make information technology to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial on Saturday, he did deliver remarks honoring America'south Earth War I fallen the post-obit day at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial.

During the remarks on Sunday, the president Trump offered a shoutout to World State of war 2 in attendance, and at one point best-selling one sitting under a shelter while he spoke during a low-cal rain at the memorial site.

"You wait so comfortable up there under embrace while nosotros are getting drenched," Trump joked during his speech at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, a military cemetery in Suresnes, French republic where over 1,500 American soldiers were cached afterward Earth War I. "You're very smart people."

In addition to his defense of the canceled cemetery visit, President Trump issued a series of tweets critical of French President Emanuel Macron, who has previously been seen as President Trump's closest personal friend on the global phase.

Bashing the French president'south approval ratings on Tuesday, the president tweeted "Make FRANCE GREAT Once again!"

The president's attacks on Macron come afterwards the French president offered a veiled rebuke of President Trump during a speech over the weekend, declaring that nationalism is the opposite of patriotism. President Trump, meanwhile, has publicly labeled himself a nationalist and embraced the title.

"By the way, at that place is no country more than Nationalist than France, very proud people-and rightfully so!" Trump says in a tweet, plainly firing back at Macron.

The president even weighed in on wine, one of France's most-prized industries, to complain that France does non appoint in fair trade practices with the U.Due south. over the alcoholic drinkable. President Trump does non drink booze himself, although his family business does own a winery.

A spokesperson for the Élysée Palace told ABC News "no comment" when asked whether there was a response to President Trump's tweets.

ABC's Alex Mallin and Paul Pradier contributed to this report.