Subject: Travel Pool Report 7/Houston arrival
Air Force One landed at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base at 2:54 central time.
President Trump disembarked at 3:04. He was greeted by Gov. Greg Abbott, who was on the tarmac in his wheelchair.
Trump waved at assembled supporters but did not walk over to them.
We are driving to the Houston suburb of Crosby, where Trump will hold an executive order-signing event. Trump is issuing two new EOs to speed approval for pipelines and other energy projects.
Subject: Travel Pool Report 8/Crosby arrival
The motorcade arrived at our venue in Crosby, Texas, at 3:50. President Trump will deliver remarks on executive orders to ease the construction of pipelines and other energy projects.
The event is at the International Union of Operating Engineers International Training and Education Center.
Upon our arrival in Crosby (population 2300), there were hundreds, and quite possibly thousands of people lining the streets to watch the motorcade. A large number wore red and waved either American flags or pro-Trump banners. There were few obvious Trump opponents, though one woman held a Mexican flag.
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Steven Nelson