WH out-of-town pool report #8 600 paratroopers, artillery display

With Trump, Hegseth and other officials watching, a handful of US troops crawled in marsh holding their guns, helicopters soared above and drones buzzed by.

Trump has been watching the military demonstrations for about 38 minutes. We were then ushered away.

Inside the bunker where he watched, Trump was shown video footage of inside the various aircrafts, an army officer told me.

A particularly loud and large helicopter or chopper made a deep buzz sound as it flew above the president.

One excercise appeared to involve mock kidnapping someone.

Next up, 600 paratroopers from the 82nd airborne division parachuted on the tarmac where Trump is watching. They flew in on C-17 and C-130 planes. It took several minutes for all the paratrooper to finish the exercise.

The troopers jumped from the planes after bundles of goods with parachutes were dropped beforehand.

The last demo involved howitzers and other long-range artillery, which went off about 100 or so yards away where Trump watched. The cannons made large boom noises that shook the ground.

Joey Garrison

White House correspondent

USA Today

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