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The Post also quoted a former senior White House official who put forward one of the reasons for Trump's reluctance to travel to combat zones: he "is afraid of these situations".
During his first two years in office, Trump portrayed himself as a powerful ally of the national army, but was strongly criticized for not visiting the troops in an active combat zone. The Post, citing current and former advisers, said that was another reason why Trump had refused to visit troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, "because he does not want to associate to wars that he considers to be failures ".
The paper also said the current advisers said the president was not planning to visit the troops during the Thanksgiving break, as some former presidents have done during their presidency. Instead, he will spend the holidays in his seaside resort of Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
The Post also said that advisers had told them that in meetings about a potential visit, Mr. Trump "called the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan" shameful ". According to the newspaper, officials said the president had also referred to "long flights and potential security, risks as reasons he avoided visits to combat zones."
Trump has "privately spoken of his fears about risks to his own life," said the former senior White House official, who discussed the issue with the president, according to the Post.
"He's never been interested in going there," said the manager. "He's afraid of these situations, he's afraid people will want to kill him."
"We do not want to talk about it for reasons – obviously for security reasons and all the rest," he said, adding that he "had an incredibly busy schedule."
Former presidents visited troops in war zones at different times during their presidency. Former President Barack Obama visited troops in Iraq just over two months after taking office, and then in Afghanistan after a term of just over a year. Former President George W. Bush went to Iraq about eight months after the start of the war.
