Subject: WH travel pool 9 — Return to Andrews, Meadows visit
Air Force 1 landed at Joint Base Andrews at 0004 EDT.
Chief of staff Mark Meadows came to visit with a couple of pieces of news halfway through the 1 hr, 44 minute flight back.
First: The CR was delivered to the WH Wednesday afternoon, and the president was planning to sign it immediately upon his return to the White House.
Second: Meadows characterized the White House offer on the stimulus package as “extremely generous” and said he hopes an agreement can be found quickly, particularly in light of the news that American Airlines is moving forward with furloughs and other airlines might follow suit. He said the $20 billion for the airlines in the WH offer would let them continue paying their workers for another six months.
The president stepped through the forward door of the plane at 0013, walked down the steps and walked the 51 paces to where Marine 1 was waiting. He climbed aboard the helicopter, and it was airborne at 0020, heading back toward the White House.
Handing back to the in-town pool.
Subject: In town pool report #10: White House return
Marine One was wheels down on south lawn at 00:30.
POTUS emerged a couple of minutes later saluted the guard, gave a wave to pool, followed by a thumbs up, and walked directly to the residence.
In town pool neglected to count the paces.