Tuesday January 22, 2019
Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, escorted by Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, walk off after visiting the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump paid a brief visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington on the holiday honouring the civil rights leader.
Trump was joined by Vice-President Mike Pence on a frigid and windy day. The two laid a wreath at the foot of the memorial, then held a brief moment of silence.
Trump told reporters as he departed that it was a "great day" and a "beautiful day," but did not respond to questions about the partial government shutdown, now in its 31st day.