Travel pool report #5: “Family photo”

At 8:58 p.m., the president came back outside Huis ten Bosch with other NATO leaders to pose for what the organizers of these summits refer to as the family photo.

Other countries’ leaders began trickling out of the palace several minutes earlier to line up for the photo. Prior to Trump coming out, the red carpet briefly blew up in a gust of wind, prompting everyone else to shout “Woah!”

The president was brought down the steps to be at the front of the photo. He shook Emmanuel Macron’s hand, and the French president could be heard saying “How are you?” POTUS stood between the king and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

During the photo, there was some brief laughter by other officials. Some bells rang in the distance, presumably 2100 ones.

Queen Máxima’s chartreuse colored jumpsuit and cape stand out in the sea of dark suits. POTUS appeared to gently tap both the queen and king as they all walked back up the stairs.

The president returned inside the palace with the others at 9:01 p.m.

Only four members of the White House press pool were permitted to remain outside the palace for this (print pooler, TV producer and camera, still photographer); the rest of the pool was required by what appear to be Dutch officials to hold on a bus out of sight.

Large potted arrangements of pink flowers have been placed on the steps of the palace. Men in tactical clothing with scopes and binoculars are perched on the roof of the palace.

Pool is now being taken back to the buses to hold.

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Natalie Allison

White House Reporter

The Washington Post