Pool report #9: Marine One landing
From: Babcock, Caitlin
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 10:58 AM MDT
To: DL WHO Wranglers
Subject: Pool report #9: Marine One landing
Marine One landed at Painted Canyon Landing Zone at 10:50. POTUS got in the motorcade at 10:55. Per the schedule, he will take the Freedom250 Train to a Medora welcome ceremony. Pool will go ahead.
Sharing on background from the White House:
President Trump will travel by train today in Medora, North Dakota, marking the first time he has traveled by rail as president!
The last sitting president to make this journey by rail was President Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s.
President Trump's 2019 visit also marks the last time a sitting U.S. president visited the state of North Dakota.
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 10:58 AM MDT
To: DL WHO Wranglers
Subject: Pool report #9: Marine One landing
Marine One landed at Painted Canyon Landing Zone at 10:50. POTUS got in the motorcade at 10:55. Per the schedule, he will take the Freedom250 Train to a Medora welcome ceremony. Pool will go ahead.
Sharing on background from the White House:
President Trump will travel by train today in Medora, North Dakota, marking the first time he has traveled by rail as president!
The last sitting president to make this journey by rail was President Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900s.
President Trump's 2019 visit also marks the last time a sitting U.S. president visited the state of North Dakota.
Caitlin Babcock | Staff Writer
The Christian Science Monitor