VP Pool Report #2: touched down, loading into helicopters

AF2 took off at 9:18 AM EST. Our ascent and the first hour of our trip was rather bumpy. It smoothed out and the rest was uneventful.

Your Pooler spotted the VP at about an hour and a half into the trip. He did not come back to the press area, but was talking to someone briefly further up the plane. He did this again two-ish hours into the trip.

Two hours into the trip, Gabbard also was spotted in the front of the cabin talking to staff. Three hours in, Hegseth did the same and then he walked to the back of the plane to grab a cup of coffee.

After that trip to get a coffee, your pooler spotted Hegseth and Gabbard talking to each other for 20-30 minutes at the front of the cabin.

AF2 touched down at 11:55 AM CT

From now on my pool reports will be in central time until we return.

The pool is loading now into helicopters. The press is in Army 6, Vance is in a Blackhawk, for the arial tour of the border.

A complete schedule will come once we are back on the ground.

Reagan Reese

White House Correspondent | Daily Caller

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