Travel pool 8: arrival

Staff rolled out a red carpet from the base of the stairs to the plane as the honor guard marched to line up on both sides. Officers passed through the ranks to correct the formation and position of several members.

President Trump excited the plane at 8:08 p.m. local time. The band played and he offered a fist pump to the music, then proceeded down the stairs.

Eric and Lara Trump followed, then Elon Musk, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, another man I couldn’t identify from this distance, and Jensen Huang.

The president entered the motorcade around 8:11 p.m.

Correcting the previous report: Ma Zhaoxu is the vice minister of foreign affairs, not the foreign minister.