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Their relationship has warmed in recent days after the two embraced on the tarmac after Trump landed in Los Angeles to meet with local officials and survey the wildfire damage, which claimed 28 lives and destroyed thousands of homes.
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Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
Ten charter buses transporting the family members rolled onto the tarmac with a police escort at Reagan International Airport shortly after 9:20 a.m., stopping first by the crash scene before moving to Runway 33 — where the American Eagle jet was supposed to land on Wednesday.
—NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
Dozens of police, ambulance, and rescue units, some ferrying boats, staged along the Potomac River and raced to positions along the tarmac of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
An American Airlines employee has died following an accident on the tarmac in North Carolina.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 4 Feb. 2025
Ten charter buses transporting the family members rolled onto the tarmac with a police escort at Reagan International Airport shortly after 9:20 a.m., stopping first by the crash scene before moving to Runway 33 — where the American Eagle jet was supposed to land on Wednesday.
—NBC News, 2 Feb. 2025
Dozens of police, ambulance, and rescue units, some ferrying boats, staged along the Potomac River and raced to positions along the tarmac of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
An American Airlines employee has died following an accident on the tarmac in North Carolina.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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