Donald Trump will become the first US president in nearly a century to end their first year without hosting a state dinner.
Running for office, the US leader criticised events like them, although they are viewed by many as as an important diplomatic tool.
But earlier this year, on a tour in Asia, Mr Trump boasted about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that Asian leaders had provided for him.
“Magnificent,” he declared at one point on the trip to describe an event that had been hosted in his honour.
2/22 French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump talk as they leave the Army Museum at Les Invalides in Paris AFP/Getty Images.
9/22 Pope Francis poses with US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump AFP/Getty Images.
Mr Trump said “the world was watching” and claimed to have received telephone calls about it from around the globe. »