Donald Trump and Mike Pence made a brief unannounced visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C. to mark the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.

Trump and Pence laid a wreath, and spent a whopping one minute at the memorial.

.⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ and ⁦@VP⁩ lay a wreath at the #MLKJr memorial. After saying good morning, he left. Total trip time: about a minute or two. pic.twitter.com/KZgctfrX5B

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) January 21, 2019

“It’s a great day,” Trump reportedly said.

Trump in a tweet earlier Monday morning said the nation celebrates King “for standing up for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God.”

Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for standing up for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God. #MLKDay https://t.co/pEaVpCB8M4

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2019

Trump’s schedule for today showed no public events.

Four days ago, Trump signed a proclamation for the federal holiday in which he encouraged “all Americans to recommit themselves to Dr. King’s dream by engaging in acts of service to others, to their community, and to our Nation.”

Here's Trump's official proclamation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. pic.twitter.com/l279WlZomw

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 20, 2019

Trump’s public schedule issued by the White House does not necessarily include all events, so this sojourn might have been pre-planned, or Trump may have seen the backlash he received for not going and decided to schedule a quick trip/photo-op. Last year on MLK Day, Trump went golfing in West Palm Beach, Florida.

NEW: @realDonaldTrump won't be participating in any Martin Luther King Jr. Day service activities tomorrow. According to the White House schedule, he "has no public events scheduled."

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 21, 2019

Meanwhile, Mike Pence had the audacity to compare Trump to the slain civil rights leader while discussing the border-wall impasse and government shutdown on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. “One of my favorite quotes from Dr. King was, ‘Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy,’” Pence said. “You think of how he changed America. He inspired us to change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union…That’s exactly what President Trump is calling on Congress to do: Come to the table in the spirit of good faith. We’ll secure our border. We’ll reopen the government and we’ll move our nation forward as the president said yesterday to even a broader discussion about immigration reform in the months ahead.”

WATCH:

WATCH: President Trump and Vice President Pence visit the MLK Memorial in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/lb2RTpUiLK pic.twitter.com/ih2zB0ZqVW

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 21, 2019