ABC News(WASHINGTON) — This weekend President Donald Trump kicks off his inaugural visit to Asia, but will first make a stop in Hawaii on Friday for a visit focused heavily on the military.
His day-long trip to Hawaii will include a visit the USS Arizona Memorial and a briefing from U.S. Pacific Command.
At the White House in July, the president honored a group of thee World War II veterans who survived the attack on the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor.
“For these three World War II veterans, Dec. 7, 1941, the brutal attack on Pearl Harbor, is forever seared into their memories. It’s also seared into America’s memory because on that grim day this mighty nation was roused to defend freedom itself,” Trump said at the time.
The stop precedes his inaugural visit to Asia, a 12-day, five-country tour to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
It is a high-stakes trip that will focus heavily on the nuclear standoff with North Korea, with the White House warning that Trump will not moderate his freewheeling rhetoric.
Asked if Trump will threaten North Korea with “fire and fury” in the region, National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said “the president will use whatever language he wants to use.”
“Well I don’t think the president really modulates his language,” McMaster said Thursday. “Have you noticed him do that? He’s been very clear about it.”
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