PITTSTON TWP. — President Donald Trump has arrived at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport ahead of his visit Tuesday night to Mount Air Casino Resort in Paradise Twp.
Marine Corps helicopters wait for Air Force One at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre International Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Air Force One taxies down the run way at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre International Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Lights from Air Force One come into view at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Air Force One arrives at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre International Airport in Avoca on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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Marine Corps helicopters wait for Air Force One at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Air Force One touched down at the airport shortly after 6 p.m.
Trump emerged from the presidential plane then entered the Marine One helicopter to be transported to Mount Airy.
White House officials have said Trump’s main focus will be to discuss an economic message about ending the inflation crisis he says he inherited from President Joe Biden.
Tuesday’s visit marks Trump’s first return to Northeast Pennsylvania since winning back the presidency last year, when he twice campaigned in the region.
Then-candidate Trump held a campaign rally Oct. 9, 2024, at the Riverfront Sports complex in Scranton. It followed an Aug. 17, 2024, rally at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Twp.
President Donald Trump and Air Force One arrived at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday,. (Bob Kalinowski/Staff Photographer)
Trump previously spoke at the arena in April 2016, October 2016, August 2018 and September 2022. He also participated in a Fox News town hall at the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple on March 5, 2020; held an Aug. 20, 2020, rally at Mariotti Building Products in Old Forge; and landed and spoke at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Pittston Twp. on Nov. 2, 2020.
He also campaigned twice at Lackawanna College in Scranton during his successful 2016 presidential campaign. Those events took place in July and November 2016, respectively.