President Trump is visiting North Dakota today, July 1, 2026, to celebrate the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. The trip is also expected to mark the first official flight of the new, Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar.

After flying into North Dakota, President Donald Trump took the train for about a third of a mile in Medora on Wednesday, arriving as Theodore Roosevelt and other presidents have done – but with much more fanfare.

People chanted “USA” as the five-car Freedom250 train pulled in with cheers for the president as he exited the last car. Horseback riders portraying Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders waited to escort Trump’s motorcade to a private tour of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library before he was scheduled to speak to a crowd gathered at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre.

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