Travel pool report #3: Departing Haneda for Gyeongju

Heads up: Gaggle incoming once we are airborne, per Karoline Leavitt.

M1 landed at Haneda at 9:32 am.

Chief of staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and George Glass, the US ambassador to Japan, disembarked first.

POTUS did not stop for questions after emerging from M1.

He climbed up the stairs, turned around, gave a wave, pumped his fist and mouthed “thank you” before boarding AF1 at 9:39 am.

AF1 is taxiing at 9:44 and bound for Gyeongju, South Korea, shortly. POTUS is going to gaggle shortly.

Before we took off, Karoline Leavitt passed out copies of newspapers displaying what she said was “tremendous” coverage of the trip, and said the president wanted us to see. Your pooler was handed a copy of The Financial Times.

Flight time: ~1 hour 40 min

Reminder of schedule for rest of the day:

KST

10:40 AM THE PRESIDENT arrives Gyeongju, South Korea

Gyeongju, South Korea

Pre-Credentialed Media

12:05 PM THE PRESIDENT delivers Keynote Remarks at APEC CEOs Luncheon

Gyeongju, South Korea

Out-of-Town Travel Pool

1:20 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a High Honor Presentation

Gyeongju, South Korea

Restricted Pool

6:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Dinner hosted by the President of the Republic of Korea

Gyeongju, South Korea

Out-of-Town Travel Pool

Katie Rogers

White House Correspondent

The New York Times

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