>>/183348/,  >>/183349/,  >>/183350/,  >>/183351/,  >>/183352/,  >>/183353/,  >>/183354/,  >>/183355/,  >>/183356/,  >>/183357/,  >>/183358/,  >>/183359/,  >>/183360/,  >>/183361/,  >>/183362/,  >>/183363/,  >>/183364/,  >>/183365/,  >>/183366/,  >>/183367/,  >>/183368/,  >>/183369/,  >>/183370/,  >>/183371/,  >>/183372/,  >>/183373/,  >>/183374/,  >>/183375/,  >>/183376/,  >>/183377/,  >>/183378/,  >>/183379/,  >>/183380/,  >>/183381/,  >>/183382/,  >>/183383/,  >>/183384/,  >>/183385/,  >>/183386/,  >>/183387/,  >>/183388/,  >>/183389/,  >>/183390/,  >>/183391/,  >>/183392/,  >>/183393/,  >>/183394/,  >>/183395/,  >>/183396/,  >>/183397/,  >>/183398/,  >>/183399/,  >>/183400/,  >>/183401/,  >>/183402/,  >>/183403/,  >>/183404/,  >>/183405/,  >>/183406/,  >>/183407/,  >>/183408/,  >>/183409/,  >>/183410/,  >>/183411/,  >>/183412/,  >>/183413/,  >>/183414/,  >>/183415/,  >>/183416/,  >>/183417/,  >>/183418/,  >>/183419/,  >>/183420/,  >>/183421/,  >>/183422/,  >>/183423/,  >>/183424/,  >>/183425/,  >>/183426/,  >>/183427/,  >>/183428/,  >>/183429/,  >>/183430/
White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Travel pool note #2 - Trump arrival
Trump’s motorcade arrived at the Great Hall at 10.01am, almost exactly on schedule.
It slowly drew to a halt and Trump emerged at 10.03, wearing a suit and red tie. A band played a fanfare
He walked over to Xi who was standing by the steps and they shook hands for a couple of seconds, with Trump briefly patting Xi’s hand.
Xi, accompanied by Trump, then shook hands with the US delegation front row
Before his arrival Rubio, Hegseth, Bessent, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, Jamieson Greer, Eric and Lara Trump, WH protocol chief Monica Crowley and WH comms director Steven Cheung descended the steps and lined up (among others)
Danny Kemp
AFP
Thu. May 14, 10:06 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2054746321450365040

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Supplemental pool 2: GHOP arrival
Police and a scattered clumps of spectators lined the fenced-off route. The motorcade passed through an embassy district and turned onto the 2nd ring road. The motorcade turned again to approach Tiananmen Square. Motorists stopped in the other direction recorded on their phones. The crowds of onlookers thickened.
The motorcade crossed Tiananmen, passing Mao’s tomb, and turned into the driveway of the Great Hall of the People around 10:01 a.m. We did not see the president.
Isaac Arnsdorf
Thu. May 14, 10:04 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2054745630422016206

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Supplemental pool 1: rolling
The motorcade left the hotel around 9:43 a.m. local time en route to the Great Hall of the People. We did not see the president.
Isaac Arnsdorf
Thu. May 14, 9:45 AM CST
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2054740438150435266

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Travel pool note #1 - Pool at Great Hall of the People
Good morning from Beijing, I’ll be your print pooler today and tomorrow. It’s warm at 77 F / 25 C today and sunny with a light haze of smog.
The pool has moved to the Great Hall of the People in advance of POTUS. A supplemental pooler will be with the motorcade for POTUS’s drive from the RON to the Hall. A long double column of white uniformed Chinese police motorcyclists was parked outside the RON.
We passed through the hall itself, featuring giant red carpeted steps and huge expanses of marble, and are now waiting on risers by the entrance which abuts Tiananmen Square. Soldiers are holding large US and Chinese flags. Several Chinese flags are also flying on the square and there are a number of cannons, presumably ready for a welcome salute. A red and gold dais is also waiting.
A band was rehearsing the Star Spangled Banner as we emerged to await the two leaders’ arrival. A couple of hundred Chinese primary schoolchildren in brightly colored outfits are rehearsing their welcome routine by the stairs leading up to the Great Hall, with the girls waving flowers and the boys US and Chinese flags and chanting ‘welcome, welcome, welcome to China’ (so I’m told by a Chinese MFA official)
Arrival is scheduled for 10am.
Danny Kemp
AFP
Wed. May 13, 9:27 AM
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2054737143973437705
 84