The White House pinned President Trump's decision not to attend the St. Patrick's Day lunch — a bipartisan tradition celebrating US-Ireland relations — on his strained relationship with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have declined an invitation to attend the annual St. Patrick's Day lunch on Capitol Hill on Thursday, marking the first time since the event's founding more than three decades ago that neither the president nor vice president will attend.
The White House pinned Trump's decision not to attend the lunch -- a bipartisan tradition celebrating US-Ireland relations -- on his strained relationship with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The lunch is hosted each year by the sitting speaker, and Pelosi invited the President last month.
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