To me, these things all fit together fine. Kelly wanted Trump to go to Belleau Wood (which makes sense, not like Trump would know what it is). Melania liked the idea, because it would be a way to make Trump look more humane. But then, weather didn't allow for a helicopter flight.
BUT... None of that precludes Trump (who Sarah Sanders described as being in a "royal funk" after the midterm election thrashing) from making a phone call to Melania, as he said last night, getting an earful, and then petulantly saying that he never wanted to go anyway.
In fact, that would seem rather in keeping with Trump's usual MO. If he's doing something, he wants you know that it's the most important thing ever. If he's NOT doing something, he wants you to know that he not doing it, because doing it would be for stupid losers.
Also, Bolton's speculation that Kelly going to Belleau Wood without Trump was the beginning of the end of his time as Chief of Staff is telling. Once Trump declares something to be for "losers," the last thing that he wants is someone close to him receiving praise for doing it.
All of which is to say: The focus on whether Trump was afraid to fly in the rain or was worried about Paris traffic or didn't want his hair to get messed up seems completely beside the point. The question: Did he denigrate dead soldiers in a fit of childish anger?
If he's already in a "royal funk" about the election, he's now being told that he can't do what he wants, he's getting blowback from his wife, and he learns that his Chief of Staff is going without him, it's not hard to imagine a fit—especially to people he considers underlings.
