EMPTY WHITE HOUSE: More Than A Dozen Senior Staffers To Accompany Trump On 11-Day Foreign Trip

Politico reports:

Goodbye Winter White House. Hello Desert White House. President Donald Trump is scheduled to depart Friday on an 11-day, five-country tour that comes at a moment of major turmoil in his administration – and, as usual, he’ll be joined by a large traveling band of his top aides, who often stick close to the president for fear of being out of the loop, or diminished in power, if they stray from his side.

Son-in-law Jared Kushner, daughter Ivanka Trump, chief strategist Steve Bannon, chief of staff Reince Priebus, economic adviser Gary Cohn, deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell, policy adviser Stephen Miller, press secretary Sean Spicer will all be along for major chunks of the trip, according to multiple White House officials.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel with Trump through the final stop in Sicily for the G7 conference, and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster will be along for the entirety of the trip. Also among those traveling with the president: his trusted aide Hope Hicks, deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders and National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton, among others.

Among the handful staying behind is Propaganda Minister Kellyanne Conway.