Subject: Pool report #10/POTUS arrives at Andrews
The president’s motorcade entered Joint Base Andrews at 5:10 pm, filing past a massive C-5 and other cargo planes. His SUV parked at Air Force One at 5:34 pm.
Handing off to travel pool, which is waiting under the wing. You’ll hear from me next when POTUS returns from Michigan around 10 pm.
Uneventful drive to Andrews. Sun was mostly out by the time we arrived.
My compliments to the designer of the red and blue flashing lights on that black ambulance-type truck in front of press in the motorcade. You were asked to make them painfully bright, and you delivered.
Hardly any onlookers as we departed the White House. One woman in a jack o lantern face mask. Across from the Washington Monument an older man in shorts and a red T-shirt, backpack and no mask, had both middle fingers aimed at the motorcade as we passed and a kind of nasty snarl. Assuming he doesn’t know the order of procession one would assume that was intended for the president.
Todd J. Gillman
Washington Bureau Chief
Dallas Morning News
Subject: Out-of-town pool report #1
Good evening from Joint Base Andrews. POTUS spoke to your pool before boarding for Freeland, MI.
He said the Michigan governor “should open up the state, open up the schools.”
“We need some cooperation,” he said. “Also from the governor of North Carolina.”
“Michigan is doing really well,” he said, citing the auto industry.
“I hear we have a big crowd,” he said. “It’s a very big one.”
Taking a few questions, he said he hadn’t seen the recently reported DHS whistleblower report, calling it a “disgrace.”
He denied that he has discussed classified weapons systems and touted the country’s military might, stating that there are U.S. systems that nobody knows about.
On Tik ToK: “We’ll either close up Tik Tok or it’ll be sold,” he said.
On a Phase IV coronavirus package, he said he’s prepared to support a stimulus bill but blamed Democrats for stalled efforts on the Hill.
The President arrived by motorcade at 5:34 pm and boarded AF1 at 5:40 pm, without addressing reporters. Kayleigh McEnany, Stephen Miller, Jared Kushner and others joined him.
Your pool is boarding now; flight time to Freeland is roughly 1.5 hours. Wheels up shortly.
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What a snarky jerk Todd Gillman is.
The two middle fingers were for you, Todd.