President Joe Biden has postponed his overseas trip this week due to Hurricane Milton, according to two sources familiar with the planning. Biden was scheduled to depart for Berlin on Thursday and then travel to Angola, returning to the U.S. on Oct. 15. It would mark the first time Biden would travel to the African continent as president.

Biden was supposed to convene a leader-level meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Germany on Oct. 12, where President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to present his victory plan.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the change was necessary “given the projected trajectory and strength" of the storm.

US President Joe Biden is planning to call German Chancellor Olaf Scholz later on Tuesday to discuss a planned trip to Germany he postponed at short notice due to Hurricane Milton. "I'm going to be talking today with my friend,

U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled his upcoming trip to Germany and Angola on Tuesday in a blow to plans for the highest level meeting ever of the Ramstein group of Ukraine arms donors that aimed to underscore unwavering support for Kyiv.

A meeting of U.S. President Joe Biden with other leaders of the Ramstein group that supplies Kyiv with arms will send a strong signal of continued military support for Ukraine, a German government source said ahead of the summit on Saturday.

US President Joe Biden has postponed a trip to Germany in connection with Hurricane Milton, which is expected to hit Florida soon. Source: Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary, as reported by European Pravda Details: Jean-Pierre said Biden is postponing scheduled trips to Germany and Angola because of the expected trajectory and ferocity of Hurricane Milton.