Subject: POTUS Travel Pool Report #2
The president’s motorcade arrived at the Hardy Barracks Landing Zone in Tokyo at 9:58am local time following an uneventful trip. Many curious onlookers lined the streets throughout the short drive.
Marine One stood ready for POTUS’s arrival. POTUS had already boarded the chopper when the pool pulled in (your pooler has yet to catch a glimpse of POTUS or the First Lady today).
Marine One was wheels up to the JS Kaga at 10:01am local time. Again, the travel pool will travel directly to the USS WASP. Look for supplemental pool reports for the president’s first stop.
Subject: Supplemental Travel Pool report #1: POTUS arrives at Kaga
The president and first lady arrived with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at 10:37 am.
Abe is speaking now. POTUS is next to him with FLOTUS on a platform listening, as the remarks are translated.
I’m having a hard time getting a signal, now that the they have arrived. I’ll send background information in a later pool report.