Pool report #19 - Back at hotel
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 6:25 PM JST
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Travel pool report #18 - M1 lands, rolling back to hotel
From Aurélia End
Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 6:13 PM JST
The helicopter was wheels down at 6:06 pm at the landing zone. Your pool was not in a position to see the President exit and get in his car. Motorcade rolling at 6:12 pm. Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp: XXX-XXX-XXXX @aureliaendAFP
Travel pool report #17 - M1 lifts
From Aurélia End
Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:32 PM JST
Your pool got a glimpse of the President walking on the deck of the aircraft carrier at 5:17 pm. She did not see him board Marine One. The helicopter lifted at 5:22 pm. Your pooler apologizes for delays in getting these last pool reports out. Service aboard the ship is spotty. Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp: XXX-XXX-XXXX @aureliaendAFP
Travel pool report #16 - Remarks end.
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:22 PM JST
POTUS wrapped up at 5:09 pm and YMCA started blasting. At 5:12 pm he got back on the open elevator and exited. “We are not doing politically correct anymore” he said at the beginning, after offering praise for Sec Hegseth. PM Takaichi took the stage at 4:18 pm to cheers. POTUS praised the US Japan relationship as “ one of the most incredible relationships of the world”. The PM pumped her fist enthusiastically when t…
Travel pool report #10a - Pictures of menu and Japanese investments shared by WH
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:22 PM JST
Your pooler understand that the pictures the WH shared of the menu of the working lunch and of the map of Japanese investments presented to POTUS did not go through with the pool report. Trying again here, ping me if you cannot see them. Image.png Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp: XXX-XXX-XXXX @aureliaendAFP
Travel pool report #15 - Remarks start
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 4:19 PM JST
At 4:11 pm an open elevator brought the President down to the remarks space, and cheers were heard in the audience while “God Bless the USA” started playing. POTUS then walked around the stage, pumping his fist, waiving and clapping. He stood for a brief moment, waiting for the song to end. He started speaking at 4:14 pm to chants of “USA! USA!” His remarks stream in all the usual places but your pooler will effort…
Travel pool report #14 - Quote, waiting for remarks
From Aurélia End
Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 4:10 PM JST
The President stopped by the pool and said about PM Takaichi: "She is going to go down as one of the great Prime Ministers" Pool was then led to an open elevator and taken to the deck where POTUS will deliver remarks. Hundreds of sailors are waiting for him, massed around a podium. A huge sign with the words "Peace through strength" serves as backdrop, flanked by a big US flag and a big Japanese flag. Two F-18s are…
Travel pool report #13 - M1 arrival
From Aurélia End
Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 3:54 PM JST
At 3:47 pm Marine One was wheels down on the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base. Your pooler was positioned on the other side of the chopper and did not see the President exit. At 3:50 pm POTUS, appeared, accompanied by the Japanese PM. He is wearing a white hat. They walked together through a cordon of U.S. Navy Rainbow Side Boys and stood while the U.S. Navy Sailors 7th Fleet Band played "Hail to the Chi…
Travel pool report #12 - Helo
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 3:16 PM JST
The motorcade reached the landing zone shortly after 3 pm after an uneventful ride. Numerous onlookers lining the streets and holding up their phones. Your pooler spotted a couple of US flags and a Trump sign. The pool will now board the choppers. We did not have eyes on POTUS for Marine One departure. Flight time to the aircraft carrier is 30 minutes. Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp:…
Travel pool report #11 - Leaving hotel
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 3:01 PM JST
Motorcade rolling from the hotel at 2:59 pm Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp: XXX-XXX-XXXX @aureliaendAFP
Travel pool report #10 -WH shares details from working lunch
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:42 PM JST
Onpassing “Readout from the White House: During the working lunch, the Prime Minister served the President and the U.S. Delegation American rice and American beef, deliciously made with Japanese ingredients. The President and the Prime Minister discussed the new Golden Age of America and Japan, and the Prime Minister presented the President with a map of the major investments Japan is making into the United States.…
Travel pool report #9 - Details on engagement with families and Japanese government
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:29 PM JST
Sharing this from the WH The below is attributable to U.S. Department of State’s Principal Deputy Spokesperson, Tommy Pigott: President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Rubio met with Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, Minister in Charge of Abduction Issues Kihara Minoru, and family members of the Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. They reaffirmed U.S. support for Japan in achieving an immediate resolution of…
Travel pool report #9 - Details on engagement with families and Japanese government
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:29 PM JST
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Travel pool report #8 - Holding at hotel
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:07 PM JST
AtAt 11:59 your pool was back at the Okura hotel where we will hold until the next event, the President’s visit and remarks to the troops on the USS George Washington. Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp: XXX-XXX-XXXX @aureliaendAFP
Travel pool report #7 - Spray with families of North Korea abductees, quotes
From Aurélia End
Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 11:59 AM JST
At 11:45 the President and PM Takaichi walked into the room. They posed for pictures with the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. POTUS briefly laid his hand on the arm of a lady standing next to him, who bowed to him and he then bowed in return. Here are a couple of rough quotes, please check against audio. He acknowledged the "strong feeling" of the Prime Minister around this issue and took a fe…
Travel pool report #6 - Families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 11:40 AM JST
Pool still waiting for spray with POTUS and the Japanese PM. A dozen people are now seated on both sides of the room, holding pictures of family members. A WH official shares that these are families whose loved ones have been abducted by North Korea. Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp: XXX-XXX-XXXX @aureliaendAFP
Travel pool report #5 - Japanese PM nominating POTUS for Nobel Peace Prize
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 11:23 AM JST
Per Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi announced that she is nominating the President for the Nobel Peace Prize. At 11:17 the pool was led into another reception room the palace for an upcoming event. Holding for now. More tk Aurelia End AFP White House Correspondent Cell/Signal/Whatsapp: XXX-XXX-XXXX @aureliaendAFP
Travel pool report #4 - Signing ceremony
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Sent Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 10:59 AM JST
When writing this report the score was 4-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays at the bottom of the 4th inning with Otani hitting a home run in the 3rd inning for the Dodgers. The WH also shares this list of officials present at the signing. THE PRESIDENT H.E. Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan U.S. DELEGATION: H.E. George Glass, Ambassador of the United States to Japan Secretary Marco Rubio, Department of State Secretary…
Implementation of the Agreement Toward a NEW GOLDEN AGE for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Implementation of the Agreement Toward a NEW GOLDEN AGE for the U.S.-Japan Alliance President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, and Prime Minister of Japan, Takaichi Sanae, met in Tokyo, Japan, on October 28, 2025. Recalling the historic Agreement between the United States and Japan on July 22, 2025, followed by the Executive Order 14345, the Joint Statement on the Agreement, as well as the Memorandu…
United States-Japan Framework For Securing the Supply of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths through Mining and Processing
October 28, 2025 Whereas, critical minerals and rare earths are essential for the production of advanced technologies; Whereas, the United States of America (the “United States” or “U.S.”) and Japan (together, the “Participants”) intend to support the supply of raw and processed critical minerals and rare earths crucial to the domestic industries of the United States and Japan; Whereas, the Participants plan to acco…