Air Force One, with Trump aboard, makes brief stop in Anchorage en route to Asia

President Donald Trump, traveling aboard Air Force One on a trip to China, made a brief refueling stop at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Tuesday evening. 

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Another stop, expected to last no more than three and a half hours, is planned for Friday morning starting at 5 a.m.

According to reporters traveling with the president, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One in Anchorage after Trump’s flight landed at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday evening. 

Also traveling with Trump were Elon Musk and conservative commentator Sean Hannity.

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The flight departed at 6:48 p.m. without the president disembarking, as he has on some prior stopovers.

Neither Gov. Mike Dunleavy nor members of his administration met the president on this stop.

The flight landed in China about 3:50 a.m. Alaska time.  

Trump is expected to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

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