BISMARCK (North Dakota Monitor) – President Donald Trump is heading to North Dakota on Wednesday, taking the first flight on the new Air Force One.
After landing in Bismarck, Trump will travel to the western North Dakota tourist town of Medora, where he will help celebrate the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.
Trump is taking a private tour of the library before speaking at Burning Hills Amphitheatre, an event that’s part of the Freedom 250 celebration.
The public can watch a livestream of Trump’s speech from the White House YouTube page. The remarks are expected to begin at 1:15 p.m. MT, according to a White House pool report.
Members of the public began lining up in Medora as early as 6 a.m. MT to attend the president’s speech. C-SPAN also is airing coverage. It’s Trump’s fourth visit as president to North Dakota and the first visit during his second term.
Some attendees arrived early to greet Trump, who is expected to participate in a ceremonial Freedom 250 train arrival. Horseback riders portraying Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders also are set up to escort Trump’s motorcade.
Accompanying Trump on Air Force One are Interior Secretary and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and his wife, Kathryn, Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina, Eric Trump, and Rep. Julie Fedorchak, according to a White House pool report. Fedorchak’s office said she’s the first member of Congress to travel on the new plane, donated by the government of Qatar.
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library will open to the public on Saturday, July 4, the 250th anniversary of the United States’ declaration of independence from Great Britain. Roosevelt spent time in the western North Dakota Badlands after the death of his wife and daughter and famously said he would not have been president if not for his time in North Dakota.
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